News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Join San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park for Public Meetings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Louisiana residents have been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation, a forfeiture of $433,833.00 and $2,000 fine on their convictions of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2017 Republican Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res. 3), which provides the first step toward Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO, ID - The Bureau of Land Management Pocatello Field Office (PFO) is looking to enhance outdoor opportunities by improving trail systems in the Pocatello area and is submitting a grant request to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. These trails provide access to a diverse array of individuals including hikers, bikers, equestrian and OHV users and the PFO needs your input on its project application.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - As residents cope with record snowfall and frigid temperatures, the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges workers and employers in southwestern Idaho to be extra vigilant and aware of the dangerous hazards that exist when removing snow and ice, particularly from rooftops and other elevated surfaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony Lepore, John Rife, and Brian Domalik, the former President, Regional Vice President, and Division Manager for Rite Way Service, Inc., have been sentenced for conspiracy, bribery and honest services fraud for their roles in a multi-year, multi-million-dollar scheme to bribe a public official who was employed with DeKalb County government and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Regina Renee Ellis, 49, of Fairburn, Georgia, was sentenced on Jan. 12, 2017 to 46 months in prison following her conviction on federal access device fraud charges, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Ellis had previously pled guilty to this charge in September 2016.
By State Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the below statement upon introduction of Rep. Steve Chabot’s (R-OH) Taiwan Travel Act (H.R. 535), which encourages visits between U.S. and Taiwanese officials at all levels of government. Chairman Royce is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment (CLR/EA) to identify key landscape resources within the Big Spring State Park National Historic District at Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The Big Spring CLR/EA provides recommendations for preservation and public enjoyment of the key landscape features, and will be available for public review and comment for 30 days, beginning January 16.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2017 Republican Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res. 3), which provides the first step toward Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every day patients and middle-class families are facing higher premiums. The Energy and Commerce Committee today released 21 graphics showcasing states where premiums have gone up by the national average of 25 percent or more. All of the graphics can be found on the committee’s newly created Health Care Central, a go-to resource in the effort to deliver meaningful health care reforms.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: KINGSTON, Okla. - A complaint of unsafe working conditions led U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors to discover the safety and health of employees at a well-known Oklahoma truck bed fabricator being placed at risk amid nearly two dozen safety and health violations.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) is preparing for an online oil and gas lease sale on March 23, 2017. The online auction will begin at 8 a.m. on the EnergyNet site (www.EnergyNet.com). Each parcel will have its own unique open bidding period. The bidding process itself is expected to last a total of three hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: A Detroit man pleaded guilty based on threatening Facebook posts he made during a livestream of a slain Detroit Police Officer’s funeral, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Gilberto Escobar-López, horse trainer at the Hipódromo Camarero, formerly known as El Nuevo Comandante, horse racing track located in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, was arrested by special agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), the Food...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every day patients and middle-class families are facing higher premiums. The Energy and Commerce Committee today released 21 graphics showcasing states where premiums have gone up by the national average of 25 percent or more. All of the graphics can be found on the committee’s newly created Health Care Central, a go-to resource in the effort to deliver meaningful health care reforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Pollock prisoner pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting another inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kenneth Cassidy, 50, of Brooklyn, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the FY 2017 Budget Resolution, an initial step in the effort to repeal Obamacare and reform our health care system.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to maintain the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 cars and light trucks...
