News from June 2017
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, released the following joint statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded regulatory guidance by the Obama administration that narrowed the definition of independent contractor and expanded the definition of joint employer...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Extension of Safety Net Health Programs."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, C.A. - Algernon Tamasoa, 28, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to eight years in prison for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking organization and for selling dangerous assault rifles, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Edward Garcia, age 23, of Rogers, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $2,400 fine on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have stolen victim identities from federal student aid website FAFSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Justin B. Stinson has been sentenced to an additional one year and three months in prison for escaping from the United States Penitentiary’s minimum-security camp in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a floor speech highlighting the ways Trumpcare would raise health care costs, take coverage away from tens of millions of people, and create even...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 – Second Lady Karen Pence and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a newly-installed beehive on the grounds of the Vice President’s residence, drawing attention to the plight of pollinators whose numbers are in decline. Together, the two urged Americans to do their own part to help reverse the population trend among the creatures, which are essential to producing much of the nation’s food.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC, June 6, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a statement regarding a new agreement between the United States and Mexico regarding the importation of Mexican sugar. The U.S. Department of Commerce has been reviewing a 2014 agreement with the government of Mexico ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the City of Des Plaines, Illinois, to resolve allegations that the City violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied a rezoning application to allow The Society of American Bosnians and Herzegovinans (SABAH), a Bosnian Muslim religious organization, to use a vacant building as a mosque.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: As the result of long-running litigation to redress invasion of consumer privacy, most notably through violation of the National Do Not Call Registry brought by the U.S. Department of Justice as well as the States of California, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio, a federal court in Illinois has ordered penalties totaling $280 million and strong injunctive relief against Englewood, Colorado-based satellite television provider Dish Network.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo announced new agreement in principal to suspend antidumping and countervailing duties against Mexican sugar imports into the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time in its history, the U.S. Department of Labor has successfully obtained a preliminary injunction order under the H-2A visa program against entities accused of providing illegal and life-threatening living conditions to its employees. G Farms, its owner, and three other defendants are accused of providing the dangerous and substandard housing to agricultural workers in El Mirage, Arizona.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – After a thorough review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s foreign worker visa programs, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced actions to increase protections of American workers while more aggressively confronting entities committing visa program fraud and abuse.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 6, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 6, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
