News from February 2019
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: In a hearing that lasted all day, Committee Democrats tried desperately to convince themselves that a far-left socialist proposal to arbitrarily hike the minimum wage by 107 percent could go mainstream. It didn’t work. In a fascinating case study in denial, Committee Democrats made three claims: that more than doubling the current minimum wage to $15 an hour will be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man convicted of three counts of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), the Chair of the Energy, Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcomittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcomittee's hearing on "Energy Outlook and Trends".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: How a Tractor Driver from Iowa Can Claw Back the Senate’s Power.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Pennsylvania Compounding Pharmacy and its Owner to Prevent Adulteration Of Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS -- Montana, through a multi-agency task force on human trafficking, supports Department of Justice efforts to raise awareness about the activity and to fight this violent crime, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Deniro Southern-Robinson, age 21, of Largo, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of armed robberies in which he brandished a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Orneth South, age 49, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty late on February 6, 2019, to robberies of two armored vehicles - one in Maryland on Jan. 22, 2018, and one in North Carolina on February 9, 2015. South has a 2007 armed robbery conviction in the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Youngstown, Ohio, man who previously admitted to striking a flight attendant while in flight on an aircraft was sentenced today to 31 days in custody, followed by seven months of home detention. U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning sentenced 24-year-old Donald Zuppo, Jr., for interference with a flight attendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PASCAL CALOGERO, III, age 59, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance to the one-count bill of information pending against CALOGERO, which charged him with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1594(c).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Came to the attention of federal authorities after arrest for third degree sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Robert Alexander Charged with Lying to Investors and Misappropriating Investor Funds.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday met with Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and David MacNaughton, Canada's Ambassador to the U.S., to discuss pressing international issues, including a number of issues of importance to Idahoans, like the Columbia River Treaty and trade issues including softwood lumber and dairy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: CLEVELAND- Six people from Ohio were indicted in federal court for their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy in which Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services which were not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: A San Antonio couple that was the most prolific dark net fentanyl vendor in the world at the time of their arrest last year were sentenced to prison.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota kicked off the Committee’s organizational meeting with a welcome to new Democratic members on Thursday, and a look ahead to the work the Committee will undertake in the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Today, we hold the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s first hearing of the 116th Congress. We are starting off by sounding the alarm bells - investing in America’s infrastructure cannot wait.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: PORTERVILLE, Calif. - You can help shape the future of Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use within the Sequoia National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office jurisdiction. The Forest and the BLM will hold a public meeting/workshop Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Kern River...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: A former civil engineering contractor in Macomb County, Paulin Modi, 50, of Troy, Michigan, was sentenced today to twelve months in prison followed by two years of supervised release based on his conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has begun a 15-month project to restore the roofs, repair the stone, and clean the marble at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The memorial will remain open for the duration of the project, although some areas will be inaccessible.
