News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL SANDERS, age 36, of Reserve, pled guilty today to charges relating to narcotics trafficking.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City police officer today admitted accepting corrupt payments in exchange for helping employers operate at worksites without the required presence of an off-duty police officer, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Chinese national living in the United States on a student visa today admitted his role in a scheme to traffic and smuggle counterfeit Apple products, including phony iPhones and iPads, from China into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI, Ohio - Five Southern Ohio men and one woman have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 1,000 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Ran Prostitution Business Out of His Apartment in Southeast Washington.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on Chairman Alexander’s white paper on higher education accountability as a part of the HELP Committee’s comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Starting Thursday, Feb. 1, visitors to Yellowstone National Park can purchase digital annual and seven-day entrance passes online at YourPassNow. The National Park Service (NPS) partnered with NIC Inc. to develop and administer YourPassNow to better serve visitors to Yellowstone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Ragley woman pleaded guilty last week to taking more than $75,000 of her deceased mother-in-law’s benefits.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2018 – The USDA’s Agricultural Forum has extended its discounted room block rates through Tuesday, February 6, 2018. This two-day gathering is the Department’s largest annual meeting, and will take place on Feb. 22 and 23, 2018 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: (Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 1, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled Farmers.gov , the new interactive one-stop website for producers maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Farmers.gov is now live but will have multiple features added over the coming months ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has entered into a settlement with Z Street, a non-profit corporation dedicated to educating the public about various issues related to Israel and the Middle East, pending approval by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Z Street ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen of the Federal Trade Commission participated in high-level bilateral meetings with officials responsible for China’s three anti-monopoly agencies: Vice Chairman Hu Zucai ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced it has reached a settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin by Ayman Jarrah and Land Guardian Inc., the owners and operators of 360 Midtown, a sports bar and lounge located in Houston, Texas. Today’s settlement ...

By Fed Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released the scenarios banks and supervisors will use for the 2018 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and Dodd-Frank Act stress test exercises, and issued instructions to firms participating in CCAR.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta released the following statement today regarding the start of National African American History Month: “African Americans’ substantial contributions as innovators and activists, educators and entrepreneurs, and civic and military leaders have ...
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 1, 2018
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 1, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 1, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 1, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.