News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The BLM Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office, is planning to conduct mowing and ground based-herbicide treatments around the communities of White Rock and Osino near the town of Elko, Nevada. Mowing is anticipated to start March 15, while herbicide application is expected to begin April...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that he schedule a hearing on Cigna’s recently proposed plan to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion and CVS’s proposed merger with Aetna for $69 billion that was announced last December.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on, “S. __, the Agriculture Creates Real Employment (ACRE) Act." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its third hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization ’ series. #SubEnergy members reviewed four bipartisan bills to enhance the Department of Energy’s ability to address energy supply emergencies and cybersecurity threats to the energy sector, including pipelines and the electric grid.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence Christof Teuscher will share his White Mountains experiences and art at a public presentation hosted by the Alaska Public Lands Information Center on March 24 at 11 a.m. at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in Fairbanks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Carr, 28, of Pawleys Island, S.C., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 120 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Carr will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: The former Director of Parks and Grants for Plymouth Township, Michael Mitchell, 49, of Rockford, IL, was charged today by Information with one count of theft from a local government receiving federal assistance, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two people have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a conspiracy to purchase and smuggle an M203 Grenade Launcher as well as three semi-automatic rifles, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - William Charles Pelletier has been indicted by a federal grand jury charged with abusive sexual contact for sexually assaulting a female passenger on a Delta flight to Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Christopher Loran Bentley (31, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing a pistol after having been convicted of a felony, and for possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. He pleaded guilty to the offenses on Oct. 19, 2017.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - During an appearance on Fox News “America’s Newsroom", U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today discussed President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as secretary of state and the U.S. and United Kingdom deterring Russian aggression. Excerpts follow.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective immediately, all Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands within the California Desert District shall be under Stage I restrictions and year-round fire restrictions. Recreational shooting restrictions applicable to the California Desert District, issued on May 26, 2017, have been terminated as of March 13, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Cybersecurity and Emergency Response:"
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Cybersecurity and Emergency Response:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a two-day hearing, beginning on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions." The second day of the hearing will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the same room.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Bedford seafood wholesaler was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failing to file tax returns and filing a false tax return for his business’ income.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Baret Wayne Smith, 28, of Lovington, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 51 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Smith will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Cybersecurity and Emergency Response:"
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its third hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization ’ series. #SubEnergy members reviewed four bipartisan bills to enhance the Department of Energy’s ability to address energy supply emergencies and cybersecurity threats to the energy sector, including pipelines and the electric grid.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement following House passage of the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (H.R. 4909 )...
