News from July 2018
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Today, Education and Workforce Committee members, led by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), introduced H.R. 6544, the Employee Rights Act of 2018. The legislation includes three major provisions that put the rights and interests of employees first. The Employee Rights Act of 2018 would create a union recertification process, guarantee secret ballot union elections, and ensure that employees will only have their union dues used for political purposes if they affirmatively choose to do so.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A jury yesterday found Daniel Coddington, age 63, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, guilty of wire and securities fraud, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced. The guilty verdicts came following a 12-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson in U.S. District Court in Denver. Coddington, who is free on bond, will be sentenced by Judge Jackson on November 9, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is increasing fire restrictions to Stage 2, effective Aug. 1, on BLM-managed public lands in Fresno, Monterey and San Benito counties, due to high fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, two former detention officers at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADC) face federal charges for their alleged scheme to smuggle methamphetamine to inmates, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has cancelled the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council meeting scheduled for July 26 & 27, in Winnemucca, NV.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. President: On March 15, 2018, after consulting with my Ranking Member, I submitted to you a request for a determination regarding whether the Russian Government violated the Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) in connection with the recent...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries announcement to rollback key sections of the Endangered Species Act, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, filed ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: At approximately 11:24 a.m. on July 25, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area dispatch received a call of a possible drowning in Lake Powell in Warm Creek Canyon. National Park Service rangers responded from Wahweap Marina, arrived on the scene at 11:36 a.m., and located the reporting party.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Patchogue, NY - On July 23, the National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Gay Vietzke approved the Fire Island National Seashore Wilderness Breach Management Plan through a signed Record of Decision. The NPS will continue to monitor the breach and allow for the evolution, growth, and/or closure of the breach to be determined by natural barrier island processes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 26, 2018, Roy Anthony Williams, of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for traveling from the United Kingdom to Tennessee for the purpose of having sex with a minor...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: TYLER, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Berry Marble Company Inc. - doing business as U.S. Granite - for exposing employees to machine hazards. The Tyler, Texas, natural stone countertop manufacturer faces $318,687 in proposed penalties.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on House passage of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing continuing its review of the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. WHY: “Since MIPS is set to go into full effect on Jan. 1, 2019 - the first payment consequence...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: JULY 26, 2018 - Researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau, along with many other survey research professionals across the nation, will present findings at the Joint Statistical Meetings Annual Conference July 28 - Aug. 2, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. This year’s theme is “Lead with Statistics.".
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership today met to discuss the 2018 Farm Bill, prior to full Conference Committee discussions.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Burma. As representatives of the international community, we stand together in expressing deep concern about ongoing restrictions on religious freedom, including those on members of minority ethnic and religious groups in Burma. We call on authorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Lynn Terrance Breckenridge II, age 28, of Hot Springs, Arkansas was sentenced today to 405 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release for the remainder of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - LLOYD WAYNE TILLMAN, 38, of Mustang, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for mail theft and forged checks, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing continuing its review of the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. WHY: “Since MIPS is set to go into full effect on Jan. 1, 2019 - the first payment consequence...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today introduced The Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act, which would make permanent an Affordable Care Act provision that limits the growth of consumer out-of-pocket spending in the Medicare Part D program. The Democrats’ proposal would save Medicare beneficiaries billions of dollars annually on prescription drugs.
