News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Iceland is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The president is the head of state, and a prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party, is head of government. There is a unicameral parliament (Althingi). In 2016 voters elected Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson president in a free and fair election. On Sept. 15, the governing coalition collapsed, leading to new parliamentary elections on October 28 that were also considered free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. New Albany - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today Adrian Grisanti, 46, of Louisville, Kentucky, was convicted on Thursday, April 19, 2018, on twenty counts related to child pornography and one count of destroying evidence after a four-day jury trial before U.S. District...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Ecuador is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected president and unicameral legislature. On April 2, voters elected President Lenin Moreno from the ruling party Alianza PAIS (Proud and Sovereign Fatherland) and chose members of the National Assembly in elections that were generally free and fair, marking a successful democratic transfer of power after the two-term presidency of Rafael Correa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kids now have their own version of the popular national park passport book. Designed to complement and encourage participation in national parks’ Junior Ranger programs, Passport To Your National Parks® Junior Ranger Edition, will be available in time to celebrate National Junior Ranger...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Barbados is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. In the 2013 national elections, voters re-elected Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of the Democratic Labour Party. Observers considered the vote generally in accordance with international standards, despite allegations of small-scale vote buying.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Bhutan is a democratic, constitutional monarchy. King Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the head of state, with executive power vested in the cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. In July 2013 the country held its second general elections, in which the former opposition People’s Democratic Party...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Federated States of Micronesia is a constitutional republic composed of four states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Individual states enjoy significant autonomy, and their traditional leaders retain considerable influence, especially in Pohnpei and Yap. The elected unicameral national congress...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - Due to current and projected fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office will enact fire restrictions beginning Friday, April 20, for the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and the Lincoln Tracts, parcels of BLM-managed public lands in and around the community of Lincoln, New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, became prime minister in 2012. Lower House elections in October, which returned Prime Minister Abe to office with a large majority, were considered free and fair.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Firearm in defendant’s possession was stolen.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy. It has a parliamentary system of government selected through regular, multiparty elections and is headed by a prime minister. The king is the head of state and serves a largely ceremonial role; he serves a five-year term, and the kingship rotates among the...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Victim Was Holding Baby at Time of Stabbing.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Papua New Guinea is a constitutional, federal, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Parliamentary elections took place in June, and the People’s National Congress won a majority in the 111-seat unicameral parliament, led by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. In some parts of the country, electoral contests involved widespread violence, fraud, bribery, voter intimidation, and undue influence.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: VERNAL, Utah-In keeping with the Administration’s goal of supporting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office is extending the public comment period on the Greater Chapita Wells Natural Gas Infill Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by 45 days. The public review and comment period now closes on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Belarus is an authoritarian state. The country’s constitution provides for a directly elected president who is head of state, and a bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. A prime minister appointed by the president is the nominal head of government, but power is concentrated in the presidency,...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Although it has no constitution, the parliament, the unicameral 120-member Knesset, has enacted a series of “Basic Laws" that enumerate fundamental rights. Certain fundamental laws, orders, and regulations legally depend on the existence of a “state of...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy. Citizens chose their representatives in a free and fair multiparty election held most recently on September 23. The Labour Party formed a coalition government with the New Zealand First Party, with Green Party support. Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern serves...
