News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - Communities across the United States gather during National Police Week, which is observed from Sunday, May 13 to Saturday, May 19, 2018, to remember federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty to share their stories of courage and sacrifice and to honor their memory.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: PLAINS, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Midvale Paper Box Co. after inspectors found employees exposed to safety hazards during a follow-up investigation at the Luzerne County employer. OSHA has proposed penalties of $201,212.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 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 “Examining the State of Electric Transmission Infrastructure: Investment, Planning, Construction, and Alternatives:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Two Texas men were arrested today for transporting more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney David C. Joseph.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old man from Baytown has been ordered to federal prison for possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. Marlin Louis Carman, of Baytown, pleaded guilty Feb. 16, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3053, The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018...
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today to discuss the state of electric transmission infrastructure, continuing #SubEnergy ’s Powering America series examining aspects of the nation’s power sector.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) confirmed in a memorandum today that it will begin enforcing certain requirements of the final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium in general industry, construction, and shipyards on May 11, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition that is seeking improved methods to sample and monitor for pathogens, specifically viruses, in order to help with indirect and direct reuse of wastewater. Solutions sought through this prize competition must improve on the current state of the technology for virus monitoring.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for selling cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A West Yarmouth woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing Social Security disability benefits.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announced upcoming actions on methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical found in paint strippers. ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: CHARLES F. HALL (“HALL"), age 60, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted today for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today to discuss the state of electric transmission infrastructure, continuing #SubEnergy ’s Powering America series examining aspects of the nation’s power sector.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Tyrell Belgarde, a 28-year-old former resident of Babb, was sentenced to 27 months in prison follow by two years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing. Belgarde previously entered a guilty plea to strangulation in February of 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,319,420 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area spent $56,289,700 in communities near the three parks in 2017. That spending supported 823 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economies of $64,220,300. The parks span four counties in southern West Virginia: Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers.
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2018
Release: SALISBURY, Md. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Salisbury Regional Airport stopped a Wicomico County. Maryland, woman with a loaded handgun as she was escorting her child through the airport’s checkpoint.
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Southeast Texas men were sentenced to federal prison Monday following their convictions in separate cases for possessing child pornography.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Representative Albio Sires (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: MAY 9, 2018 - As part of a long-standing collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Postal Service has installed kiosks in 30 post offices in Providence County, R.I., to help the public respond to the 2018 Census Test.
