News from February 2018
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services."
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and key members of his staff, today received awards for their outstanding support to wheat growers from the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two fraud conspirators have entered guilty pleas to participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy that fraudulently obtained mortgage loans to purchase homes in Houston and Surfside, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the U.S. Senate has reached a deal to provide immediate support for dairy producers. The bipartisan Senate budget agreement will provide over $1 billion to support dairy farmers. The deal will also return cotton to the commodity safety net and strengthen disaster assistance for livestock and specialty crop producers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Thousands of Zion National Park visitors are expected over the President’s Day Weekend beginning Feb. 16, 2018. The town of Springdale, Zion National Park, and Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) are asking visitors with flexible plans to consider visiting the park at a less...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: United States also recovers more than $2.9 million from Dr. Jitendra Swarup to resolve kickback allegations.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: On Feb. 14, 1929, gunmen working for Al Capone disguised themselves as police officers, entered the warehouse of a competing gang, and shot seven of their rivals dead. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is famous not only in the annals of gangland history, but also the history of forensic science.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Today, House Democrats announced a bold, new, comprehensive infrastructure plan - A Better Deal to Rebuild America. This historic $1 trillion federal investment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure is five times larger than President Trump’s rumored plan and will create more than 16 million jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Wheeling, West Virginia men have admitted to unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Twenty-five members and associates of an armed drug trafficking organization, Major Stackz Entertainment, have been indicted for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana throughout West Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: The leaders of the Senate and House health committees today released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) animal drug and generic animal drug user fee agreements.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a total of $5,643,466 across seven organizations to develop new tools to arm researchers with the latest insight and an increased collection of cybersecurity incident data to understand and counter cyber attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Twenty-five members and associates of an armed drug trafficking organization, Major Stackz Entertainment, have been indicted for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana throughout West Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Ka‘ū, Hawai‘i - A 222-acre property at the southern end of Hawaiʻi Island has been transferred from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. TNC purchased the property to preserve it for conservation. The parcel extends along 1.6 miles of Highway 11 between the towns of Ocean View and Nāʻālehu in the Kaʻū district.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Four defendants were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Today, House Democrats announced a bold, new, comprehensive infrastructure plan - A Better Deal to Rebuild America. This historic $1 trillion federal investment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure is five times larger than President Trump’s rumored plan and will create more than 16 million jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joshua Lozo, age 36, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Nestle, 26, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 140 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Nestle will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
