News from June 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on four public health bills...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Several key factors make Slovenia an attractive location for foreign direct investment (FDI): modern infrastructure with access to main European Union (EU) transportation corridors, a major port on the Adriatic Sea, a highly-educated and professional work force, close proximity to Central/Southeastern ...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Sweden is generally considered a favorable country in which to invest. Sweden offers an extremely competitive, largely corruption-free economy with access to new products, technologies, skills, and innovations. These factors, combined with a well-educated labor force, outstanding telecommunications network ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARIA SPEARS, a/k/a MARIA BAQUEDANO, 52, of Kenner, pled guilty yesterday to defrauding Gulf Coast Bank in connection with writing fraudulent check.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to mail large quantities of methamphetamine to Columbia, Mo., for distribution.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, this week introduced S. 1460, the Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 (ENRA). The bill is the successor to their broad, bipartisan legislation from the previous Congress and was placed directly on the Senate Calendar for expedited floor consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter to President Trump today urging him to appoint an inspector general (IG) at the Department of the Interior (DOI), which has gone more than eight years without a full appointee in the position.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: It’s the weekend along the Rio Grande in West Texas and HSI Presidio Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) Josh Whatmough needs to go grocery shopping.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed City of Huron Land Use Authorization.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), aided by investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, arrested seven additional suspects Tuesday as authorities moved to dismantle a Tucson-based drug trafficking ring suspected of smuggling significant quantities of narcotics, including heroin and cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, June 28, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the award of $31.5 million in Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Grants to explore ways to alleviate hunger among low-income children during the summer, including new projects in Texas...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Concord, N.H.-Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Michael Munroe (also known as Michael Monroe), 34, previously of Raymond, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty to two bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. (Panda Express), a restaurant chain with over 1,800 locations in the United States. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into whether Panda Express discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when reverifying their permission to work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia man admitted today that he robbed four banks - two in New Jersey and two in Baltimore, Maryland - during a spree in December 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALLEN GAUTREAUX, age 36, of Lockport, was sentenced today after having previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Garcia, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty on June 26, 2017, in federal court to drug trafficking charges. The plea agreement recommends that Garcia be sentenced to a term of imprisonment within the range of 180 to 240 months if the court determines that he is a career offender, and within the range of 120 to 150 months if the court determines that he is not.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the results of the Better Buildings Alliance's Interior Lighting Campaign (ILC), recognizing 13 organizations leading the way in efficient troffer lighting and control systems upgrades. Altogether, the ILC partners have exceeded the national goal to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U. S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brittney Ridgeway, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, was sentenced to time served (approximately 16 months) in prison by U.S. District Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans are pushing their “oil above all" agenda at yet another Committee hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m., an agenda that favors the oil and gas industry’s interests ahead of all other uses of our public lands. The Trump administration, with the help of Republicans in Congress, have...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Brent Dale Will Serve 210 Months in Prison.
