News from June 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Next Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Aviation will hold a hearing to explore issues related to the commercial space transportation industry, focusing on stakeholders’ perspectives on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) ongoing regulatory reform efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - In a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Caprock HIDTA (Hi-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Task Force, and the Texas (Lubbock) Anti-Gang Center (TAG), 20 individuals are in federal custody on a federal criminal indictment for a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Those defendants arrested yesterday or in custody on other charges are.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Michael Paul Grisham Smith, 44, of Grass Valley, pleaded guilty today to unlawful dealing and manufacturing in firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
Release: Washington, D.C., June 22, 2018 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to revise domestic regulations for Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum). This action provides regulatory relief to nurseries that have not recently been found positive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging RASHAD DARNELL NORWOOD, 38, with illegal possession of firearms and distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine. NORWOOD, who is currently in custody in Olmstead County on state charges, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced LEWIS ALEXANDER HINES, 26, of Wilmington to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted on firearms and drug charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Representative Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Central America Caucus; and Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), a member of the House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today introduced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mario Peia (619) 546-9706.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to explain the timing and circumstances surrounding Ross’s short sale of stock in a Russia-connected shipping firm, in a letter sent today. Reports in Forbes and the New York Times raise new questions about whether Secretary Ross timed his trade - made after the Times questioned his holdings in the firm - to profit from upcoming negative coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today that Damonte Withers, 29, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft charges in connection to a bank and identity theft scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017, by unanimous consent. H.R. 931 first passed the House in September 2017, by voice vote. The Senate passed the bill, with an amendment, in May by unanimous consent. H.R. 931 now heads to the President’s desk for signature.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A federal jury found one physician and two nurses guilty today of health care fraud, and one physician and one nurse guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, all for their roles in a home health fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office regrets to inform the public that a section of the Chapel Canyon road in Sublette County has washed out.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky's (D-IL) remarks as prepared for delivery for the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommitttee hearing on “H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017":
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Texas Physician and Two Texas Nurses Convicted for Roles in Home Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 22, 2018 - Plans for a 295-acre prescribed burn in the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, known as the Sherman Prescribed Burn, have been postponed until further notice. While ignitions were to begin on Tuesday, park officials deemed that fuel and weather conditions...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - Community members and Bureau of Land Management staff recently enjoyed a National Trails Day hike on the Four Bear Trail in the North Fork of the Shoshone River corridor. The goal of the hike was to promote shared conservation stewardship by enhancing the trail while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, submitted a statement for the record for today's public hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed response to Clean Air Act Section 126(b) petitions from Delaware and ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin...
