News from December 2019
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Fort Pulaski National Monument will close in observance of the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The park will maintain regular business hours, open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except for the following.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. -- The National Park Service (NPS), working with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP), is again seeking skilled volunteers to reduce its elk herd at Wind Cave National Park (Wind Cave) to help address the high rate of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the park. A total...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Dustin Tso, of Kaibeto, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to three years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. The three years of imprisonment imposed will be served in addition to six months of imprisonment previously served in tribal custody. Tso had previously pleaded guilty to assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Department of Justice announced today that Nassir Medical Corp. and its owner, Dr. Youram Nassir, have agreed to pay the United States and California $3,356,565 to settle False Claims Act allegations that they defrauded public health care programs by billing for oncology drugs and services that were not actually provided to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John R. Paeglow III, age 63, of Troy, New York, was arraigned today on 10 counts of wire fraud, and one count of embezzling funds from an employee benefit plan.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 126,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal jury convicted Paul William Martin, 34, of South Charleston, yesterday after a two-day trial, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The jury found Martin guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm on Oct. 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: A former supervisor of the Broward County School Board Physical Plant Operations Division has been charged with bribery and extortion under color of official right.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: The Defendant Arranged the Drug Deals while He Was Incarcerated.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service has selected several businesses to provide guided float trips and/or fishing trips on the Snake River as concessioners in Grand Teton National Park. The eleven new 10-year concession contracts will begin in January 2020 and expire in December of 2029. Guided river services are currently provided by several local businesses through contracts which became effective Jan. 1, 2010, and will expire on Dec. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Conspired to Import, Smuggle, and Sell Over $2 Million in Counterfeit Pandora Jewelry, Ray-Ban Sunglasses, and other Consumer Goods.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today expanded a bipartisan investigation into surprise...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after the Senate passed two legislative packages that together comprise all 12 fiscal year 2020 funding bills.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement denouncing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) vote to upend states’ clean energy plans by favoring fossil fuels over clean sources of energy...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), today applauded the Senate passage of legislation (H.R. 2476 ) authorizing $75 million annually for FYs 2020-2024 for the Department...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rule rolling back key portions of the Risk Management Plan updates, also known as the Chemical Disaster Rule...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today its November oil and gas lease sale in Nevada resulted in competitive bids for 13,217.126 acres. A total of 268,051.676 acres were offered during this sale, which was in keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting American’s Energy independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against nine defendants, charging them with various drug and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two Anchorage men have been charged for their roles in the December 2019 armed robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., branch located at 5740 Debarr Road in Anchorage.
