News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that communities across Alaska will soon receive a total of $10,972,512 to fund schools and local budget priorities. The payments are being provided through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, which Murkowski successfully reauthorized and funded in the recent omnibus appropriations bill.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing New Source Review Permitting Reform."
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant Encountered Victim on Street at 13th and U Streets NW.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced 32 bills to the House of Representatives. 25 of those bills will help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Thane Epefanio, 45, of Avondale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to two years in prison for embezzling money from the Hopi Mission School located on the Hopi Reservation in Kykotsmovi, Ariz. Epefanio had previously pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud.
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing New Source Review Permitting Reform."
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of Opioid Related Legislation and H.R. 4606, H.R. 5174, H.R. 5175, H.R. 5239, and H.R. 5240...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia Beach, Virginia, man today admitted possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for a previous offense involving the transportation of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested today and charged in connection with taking and attempting to sell two Warhol paintings on eBay.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former managing clerk for an international law firm was resentenced today to 37 months in prison for stealing sensitive, confidential information from the law firm for use in a five-year insider trader scheme that yielded net profits of more than $2 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will conduct grizzly bear research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park from now through the end of July. This research is part of on-going efforts required under the 2016 Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to monitor the population of grizzly bears.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kristopher Pylant, of Upper Darby, PA, was sentenced on May 3, 2018, to 30 years in federal prison for manufacturing thousands of sexually explicit images of his minor stepdaughter and for his possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for input on the development of small-scale, modular coal-based power plants of the future.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Belmont resident was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with a decade long Ponzi-style investment scheme in which he defrauded 15 investors of over $6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: A jury convicted two Cleveland men for their roles in armed robberies of Dollar Tree stores in Cleveland in May and June 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to robbing two banks in the greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jimmy Myers, 24, of Lockhart, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a narcotics trafficking charge arising out of the sale of methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 8, 2018) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hosted a food waste roundtable with Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-1) and David Young (IA-3), food industry leaders, and non-profit groups at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today. This roundtable, the first of many USDA public events on food waste, serves as an opportunity to raise awareness while discussing solutions with leaders throughout the entire food supply chain.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 8, 2018) – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today applauded First Lady Melania Trump’s policy initiative, Be Best, a campaign focused on the holistic wellness of American children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today filed denaturalization lawsuits against two individuals convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States Export-Import Bank (“Ex-Im Bank”) of more than $24 million, conduct they allegedly concealed during their naturalization proceedings. The civil complaints were filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida.
