News from April 2019
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of a draft version of the Environmental Assessment for the Washington DC to Baltimore Loop Project, the first step in a joint federal-state review of a non-traditional transportation technology. The Boring Company, of Hawthorne, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William P. Barr and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar II, together with multiple law enforcement partners, today announced enforcement actions involving 60 charged defendants across 11 federal districts, including 31 doctors, seven pharmacists...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: $1 Million Will Go to Projects that Support Cleanup of Marine Pollution, Preservation of Aquatic Life, and Restoration of Shorelines around Newark Bay.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK: At 1:00 pm today, Drew H. Wrigley took the oath of office as North Dakota’s 19th Presidentially appointed United States Attorney. President Donald J. Trump nominated Mr. Wrigley in 2018, and the United States Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination on April 11, 2019. The Honorable Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland, United States District Court, swore in Mr. Wrigley in a private ceremony.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Celebrate National Park Week at Homestead National Monument of America April 20-28! Kick off the week on Saturday, April 20 with American Spring LIVE at the Homestead Education Center from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. American Spring LIVE marks the coming of spring through interactive citizen science projects, crafts, booths, and more! This event is free and open to all ages.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for nearly 30 years for sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. John Ferguson was found guilty following a bench trial May 30, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 23, of New Orleans, and DERRICK GROVES, age 21, of New Orleans, were charged in a ten-count superseding indictment on April 11, 2019 by a federal grand jury.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today released two complementary reports that focus on the mental health and safety of the nation’s federal, state, local and tribal police officers. The reports, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report to Congress and Law Enforcement Mental Health...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Roy Richmond, 55, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to access with intent to view child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 100 months incarceration to be followed by 6 years of supervised release on his conviction of federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on additional announced changes to U.S. policy toward Cuba. This follows Chairman Engel’s statement earlier today on implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KISHORE BABU AMMISETTI, 30, a citizen of India, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bank fraud stemming from a “provisional credit" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal jury today convicted George Gilmore, a partner at an Ocean County law firm, of two counts of failing to pay over to the IRS payroll taxes withheld from the firm's employees and one count of making false statements on a bank loan application submitted to Ocean First Bank N.A., First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
Release: April 17, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating domestic regulations for Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum), the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death. From 2004 to 2013, APHIS issued a series of Federal Orders to deregulate nurseries ...