News from April 2018
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Three Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting a briefing and answers on radical changes the Trump Administration is making to the Title X Family Planning Services Grants program. In February, HHS announced a number of...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) announced the introduction of the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 (H.R. 5425) today, which would update front-of-package labeling requirements in order to prevent misleading health claims and require updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods and other labeling requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island jewelry distributor who admitted to orchestrating a long-running fraud scheme that defrauded a debtor finance company of more than $3.6 million dollars was sentenced on Monday to 48 months in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Editor's Note: This was cross-posted from Argonne National Laboratory.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
Release: GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that local residents will have the opportunity to enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program at Great Falls International Airport (GTF) later this month.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate passed by unanimous consent yesterday H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 - bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve the representative payee program to better protect those Social Security beneficiaries who are unable to manage their benefits on their own.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: OMAHA, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Omaha-based plumbing contractor Gavrooden Inc. for the second time in less than six months for failing to protect its workers from excavation collapse hazards. Gavrooden Inc., doing business as Mr. Rooter Plumbing, faces proposed penalties of $38,061.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) announced the introduction of the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 (H.R. 5425) today, which would update front-of-package labeling requirements in order to prevent misleading health claims and require updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods and other labeling requirements.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at all West Virginia...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Abubakar Sakapala and Alick Banda have been charged by a federal grand jury with drug conspiracy and possession charges for transporting cocaine from Texas to Georgia in a tractor-trailer. Their scheme was uncovered during a general motor carrier compliance inspection on Interstate 20 in Haralson County, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry after deportation, and has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months’ imprisonment, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man who was a former resident of Fairfax pleaded guilty today to depositing over $1.33 million in stolen checks belonging to an Arlington businessman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Evans was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $30,233.76 to fifteen victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Three Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting a briefing and answers on radical changes the Trump Administration is making to the Title X Family Planning Services Grants program. In February, HHS announced a number of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Baton Rouge Man Arrested, Charged with Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: College Sophomore Traveled to Watertown to Engage in Sexual Conduct with Teen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Wayne Wiles, Jr., of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on a firearm charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: (Billings, Mont.) - In continuing efforts to promote America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened a 15-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located within Bowman, McKenzie, and Divide counties in North Dakota. The 15-day period will end on April 18, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) is in the final stages of preparing to begin a sludge removal project at Hanford. In May, CHPRC will start removing highly radioactive sludge stored near the Columbia River to a safe location in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monroe, New York, man today admitted accepting bribes in exchange for his assistance in securing a contract between a metallurgical technology company (the “technology company") and his employer, a medical device company in New Jersey (the “medical device company"), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
