News from January 2019
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2019
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement on new reporting about the President’s meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Using revenue generated by recreation fees Grand Canyon National Park has reopened the South Rim and Desert View entrance stations to provide information and safety messages to visitors.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2019
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park announces that the park will reopen its Nisqually Entrance near Ashford on Sunday, January 13. The road between the entrance and Longmire will be open to public vehicles, weather dependent, as typical during the winter. In addition, some basic visitor services will now be...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced today that restrooms at Whalebone Junction, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and next to the Ocracoke Visitor Center will reopen this weekend using revenue generated by recreation fees (camping, park entrance, and lighthouse climbing fees). Trash will also be removed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Defendants Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure, of Southlake, Texas, were convicted late yesterday by a federal jury in Ft. Worth, Texas, of forced labor and other federal felonies for compelling the domestic labor of a young, undocumented West African girl for 16 years. The verdicts were announced by ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Five federal financial institution regulators and state regulators encourage financial institutions to work with consumers affected by the federal government shutdown.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by First Busey Corporation, Champaign, Illinois, to acquire The Banc Ed Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire Ed Corp's subsidiary bank, The Bank of Edwardsville, both of Edwardsville, Illinois.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL – Stone World Imports and Manufacturing Inc. – a countertop installation company based in Jacksonville, Florida – has paid $49,269 in back wages to 21 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation determined the employer violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RKM Utility Services Inc. for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died after exposure to dangerous levels of the gas while working in a trench in Dallas, Texas.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a collection of compliance assistance resources to address falls in the workplace, the leading cause of worker fatality in the construction industry. OSHA's goal is to promote awareness ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL – Stone World Imports and Manufacturing Inc. – a countertop installation company based in Jacksonville, Florida – has paid $49,269 in back wages to 21 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation determined the employer violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a collection of compliance assistance resources to address falls in the workplace, the leading cause of worker fatality in the construction industry. OSHA's goal is to promote awareness ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RKM Utility Services Inc. for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died after exposure to dangerous levels of the gas while working in a trench in Dallas, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Verdict Affects Patches Worn by Mongols Members and Follows Conviction of Gang on RICO Offenses for Decades of Criminal Activity, including Murders.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks announced today that the recently closed parks will once again be accessible to visitors starting Jan. 11, 2019. Some visitor services, including campgrounds and entrance stations, will reopen using revenue generated by recreation fees.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) sent a letter to Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) regarding a November 2018 OIG report detailing that DOI officials gave no preferential treatment to stakeholders when developing revised boundaries for Grand Staircase Escalante (GSENM) and Bears Ears national monuments.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - This week, the House passed four bipartisan bills to promote American interests at home and abroad and bolster national security. These bills promote economic partnership between U.S.-Mexico, protect our diplomats through enhanced security, combat anti-Semitism globally, and more. Of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jonathan Paul Holden, age 44, of Mead, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2018, to one count of Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor, and three...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RKM Utility Services Inc. for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died after exposure to dangerous levels of the gas while working in a trench in Dallas, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of McKees Rocks, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal robbery laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
