News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - John H. Cross III (Cross) and John Cross Fisheries Inc. (Cross Fisheries) were sentenced in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for trafficking in illegally transported and sold lake trout, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for the Justice Department’s Environment and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: On March 7, a Math and Science Night for students and their families at Thunder Mountain Elementary School in Grand Junction, Colorado, drew more than 250 people to 15 interactive booths. LM Support (LMS) contractors presented three booths at the event with hands-on activities that allowed interaction between students and scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Investigation Targets Violent Crime in Southeast Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont man and woman have been indicted for kidnapping and sex trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A South Charleston man who sold pure methamphetamine was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the Nitro Police Department, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, and the South Charleston Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Rawlins, Wyo. - Being a good neighbor by supporting working public lands is one of The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) highest priorities. In keeping with that, the BLM will host a public meeting on the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project at the Rawlins Field Office on April...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marc I. Korn, 62, of East Amherst, NY, who was convicted of bank theft and willful failure to pay tax, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William S. Skretny. The defendant will also pay over $2,500,000 in restitution to three different private entities along with approximately $850,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019. This package of bills includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid programs and passed the House last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019. This package of bills includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid programs and passed the House last month.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Florida Roofing Experts Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards at a Jacksonville, Florida, worksite. The company faces the maximum penalty allowed of $132,598.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Ohio gamer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to set up hoax calls to Wichita police that led to what is believed to be the nation’s first death during a swatting incident, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Two men exchanged gunfire outside of home where family slept.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced up to $59 million for new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. Funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, this funding opportunity seeks projects to address...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union Township, New Jersey man admitted today to possessing two loaded handguns and large quantities of narcotics with the intent to distribute those narcotics, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced up to $59 million for new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. Funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, this funding opportunity seeks projects to address ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: On April 9, 2019 at 10: 0 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism. This hearing will examine hate crimes, the impact white nationalist groups have on American communities and the spread of white identity ideology. The hearing will also foster ideas about what social media companies can do to stem white nationalist propaganda and hate speech online.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bipartisan legislation to improve health outcomes and care coordination for children with complex medical conditions in Medicaid, led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, unanimously passed in the Senate after passing the House of Representatives last week.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, was favorably reported to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 30-22...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after sending a written request to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for six years of President Donald J. Trump’s personal and business tax returns...
