News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: The I&M Arctic Network will conduct aerial surveys of Yellow-billed and.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy E. Billups, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for distributing cocaine near a playground, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Dana Baiocco to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Fairbanks man has been indicted on federal gun charges in connection with the October 2016 shooting of Fairbanks Police Officer Sergeant Allen Brandt.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Dana Baiocco to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule that would radically restrict women’s health care providers under the Title X Family Planning Program...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway will officially open to through traffic on Sunday, May 27. On the year’s opening weekend, visitors can expect to choose from springtime activities in the Manzanita Lake area or spring snow conditions in the southwest area of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. -Joshua Paul Ruggles, 34, of Portland, was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Felix Oliverio Chacaj Lucas, age 44, and a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served (22 days in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, by a vote of 250-169. This legislation previously passed the Senate on Aug. 3, 2017, by unanimous consent.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jose Manuel Lara, Jr., 20, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The original sentence of 45 months was reduced by nine months to reflect credit for time Lara Jr., served in tribal custody for the same offense. Lara, Jr. had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Every spring, ranchers face the same difficult challenge-trying to guess how much grass will be available for livestock to graze during the upcoming summer. Now an innovative new Grassland Productivity Forecast or "Grass-Cast" has published its first forecast to help producers in the Northern Great Plains reduce this economically important source of uncertainty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 62-count indictment charging Frank Giacobbe, 43, of East Amherst, NY; Patrick Ogiony, 34, of Buffalo, NY; Kevin Morgan, 42, of Pittsford, NY; and Todd Morgan, 29, of Rochester, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and substantive wire fraud and bank fraud charges. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider a number of legislative items, including S.2800, “America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018," and S.2602, the “Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule that would radically restrict women’s health care providers under the Title X Family Planning Program...
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, by voice vote.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting, where the committee considered the following items...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant possessed over 700,000 images. DENVER - Michael Lyle Blair, age 64, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced late last week by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Development, Regulation, and Competitiveness of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Jamaican man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal firearm laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
