News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


News Release: Racketeering Acts Include Multiple Murders And Drug Trafficking In Clarksville And Murfreesboro.


Murray on Trump Overtime Rule Decision: “A Harmful Step Backward for Workers and Families Nationwide”

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision not to defend an Obama Administration appeal of a court decision preventing the updated overtime rule...


News Release: David Allen Oney Jr., 35, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Oney will have to serve a five-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and pay a $100 special assessment. Oney entered his guilty plea to the charge on March 28, 2017.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Eric D. McNeil, age 39, of Murietta, California, was indicted yesterday for conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana in Columbia County, New York.


Release: Portugal emerged from an extended economic crisis and successfully completed its European Union-IMF bailout program in 2014, registering moderate growth, and decreasing, though still high, unemployment in 2014-2016. The structural reforms implemented since 2011 have created an economic and regulatory ...


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JEFFREY SCOTT HOFFMAN, age 47, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation...


Release: The business and investment climate in Cyprus has improved since the financial crisis of 2013. Cyprus is now experiencing a solid economic recovery, driven by the tourism sector and domestic demand. The economy grew 2.8 percent in 2016 and the European Commission expects it to decelerate slightly to ...


BLM Cody Releases Analysis of Bentonite Mining Expansion

News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office requests input on the analysis of a proposed bentonite mining project located near Greybull, Wyoming, in Big Horn County.


Ranking Member Lewis Opening Statement at Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Social Security Coverage and Payroll Tax Compliance

News Release: Good Morning. I thank the Chairmen for holding this hearing. I also thank each witness for being here today.


News Release: MOOSE, WY-As the Independence Day weekend approaches, Grand Teton National Park rangers remind local residents and visitors to operate their boats safely and with regard to others. Rangers will participate in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide awareness effort to promote boating safety, this weekend, June 30 through July 2.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DEANGELO ANTOINE McDANIEL, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and TORIE L. ADKINS, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty yesterday to preparing and submitting a false income tax return to the IRS, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Slovak Republic

Release: With a population of 5.4 million, the Slovak Republic has a small, open economy. Slovakia joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 and the Eurozone in 2009. In recent years exports, which account for over 90 percent of GDP, have served as the main driver of economic growth. In 2016 the Slovak GDP grew ...


News Release: Mailed Large Quantities of Meth to Columbia for Distribution.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Naisha Wiley, age 34, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to stealing $10,000 worth of money orders from her employer, the United States Postal Service (USPS).


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $200,000 to Veramine, Inc. of Bothell, Washington, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Departments of State and Justice, will begin the implementation of certain travel restriction provisions in the President’s Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States at 8 pm EDT today.


News Release: Court records unsealed today reveal that Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to all counts alleged against him regarding a terrorist plot.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, returned a three-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a prison transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of a female in his custody, and using his firearm in furtherance of these assaults.


News Release: On June 27, Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex abuser, restrained and enjoined him from claiming any rights, privileges, or advantages of U.S. citizenship, and ordered him to immediately surrender and deliver his Certificate of Naturalization and any other indicia of U.S. citizenship to federal authorities, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: The U.S. and the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin today announced an $8.2 million settlement with XIK, LLC, Honeywell International, Inc., and Domtar, Inc. to resolve a claim for natural resource damages at the St. Louis River / Interlake / Duluth Tar (SLRIDT) Superfund Site brought under the Comprehensive ...