News from May 2018
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: (Brilliant, Ala., May 3, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced USDA is awarding a $2.9 million grant to the Tombigbee Electric Cooperative to bring e-Connectivity to rural Marion County, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Five members of the Mad Stone Bloods (MSB) gang were sentenced this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke for their roles in a criminal conspiracy that involved the smuggling of drugs and other contraband into Virginia prisons, and the facilitation of the sale ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: A federal court in Charleston, South Carolina permanently enjoined Jacqueline Lowndes from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court also ordered Lowndes to mail a copy of the injunction order to all customers for whom she prepared a return for tax years 2012 through 2016. Lowndes agreed to the civil injunction order entered against her.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Five physicians of Redirections Treatment Advocates, LLC, an opioid addiction treatment practice with offices in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, have been indicted on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney Scott ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed earlier today charging Martin Winterkorn, 70, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s long-running scheme to cheat U.S. diesel vehicle emissions requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Today, William Sheldon was sentenced in federal district court in Portland, Maine, to six months in prison followed by three years supervised release for trafficking juvenile American eels, also called “elvers” or “glass eels,” in violation of the Lacey Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: A former Arkansas State Senator and an Arkansas consultant have been convicted for a bribery scheme in which state funds were directed to non-profit entities in exchange for kickbacks funneled through the consultant’s business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Duane “DAK” Kees for the Western District of Arkansas.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2018
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross congratulates YAATRA Ventures, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based manager of investment capital with a specific expertise in Africa, on its recently announced $2.85 billion Project Framework Agreement with the government of Uganda. The YAATRA Ventures-led Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium, which includes General Electric’s Baker Hughes division, will develop, construct, and operate of a new oil refinery company in Uganda.
By Labor Gazette | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold its annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls May 7-11. The event encourages companies and workers to pause during the workday for topical discussions, safety demonstrations, and training in hazard recognition and fall prevention.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 3, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 3, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 3, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 3, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 3, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 3, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
