News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao, urging her to comply with congressional requirements and promptly convene the Air Ambulance and Patient Billing...


BLM Begins Public Scoping For Mineral Materials Sale Proposal

News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office announced the beginning of a 30-day public scoping period for a proposed expansion of the Parkdale Quarry west of Cañon City.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $16.2 Million in Infrastructure Grants to the State and Four Airports in Pennsylvania

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 30, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Crow Agency Woman Sentenced to Prison in Meth-Driven Assault of Elderly Man

News Release: BILLINGS-A Crow Agency woman who admitted to beating and injuring an elderly man while she was on methamphetamine was sentenced today 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


Neal Statement on Potential Changes to Capital Gains Taxes

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement regarding the possibility of the Trump Administration indexing capital gains taxes to inflation...


Toledo Man Indicted for Allegedly Taking Cellular Phone Photos of Himself Sexually Assaulting a 2-Year-Old and Another Young Girl

News Release: A Toledo man was indicted in federal court after he allegedly took cellular phone photos of himself sexually assaulting a 2-year old child and another young girl.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison for his second conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Grassley On Treasury, Tax Court Nominations Open Executive Session

News Release: The purpose of this executive session is to report to the Senate the four nominees that this Committee heard testimony from last week. Since the hearing, the nominees responded to questions in writing from Members of the Committee. I intend to support all four nominees, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.


News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose O. Felix, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance...


Former Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Robbery, Firearms Charges in Scheme that Stole Nearly $240,000 from USPS Trucks

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former United States Postal Service employee pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for participating in one burglary and two armed robberies of USPS trucks carrying cash - incidents that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $5.29 Million in Infrastructure Grants to St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $9.5 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Three Airports in Oregon

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Saint Francis Man Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Saint Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 30, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen will join law enforcement, community leaders, and residents on Tuesday, August 6th in Bristol, Virginia, to celebrate the 36th annual National Night Out crime and drug-prevention event. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office will also attend...


Men from Shaker Heights and Cleveland indicted for using a firearm while robbing a bank in Richmond Heights

News Release: Two men from Northeast Ohio were indicted in federal court for using a firearm while robbing a bank in Richmond Heights last year.


News Release: Fraudulently filed tax returns sought over $350,000 in tax refunds.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $23.6 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 22 Airports in California

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Tyrone Grandberry, 59, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pled guilty yesterday to federal charges of wire fraud, stemming from a scheme to defraud individuals that trusted the defendant to invest money on their behalf, and possessing a fraudulent immigration document, stemming from obtaining and possessing a fraudulent Austrian passport in another name.


News Release: In the canyon at Cimarron, just below the Morrow Point Dam, Engine 278, its tender, a boxcar and caboose sit on a truss bridge perched high above the Cimarron River. This train exhibit represents the work and lifestyle of the Western slope, from carrying stock to carrying passengers, through the upper reaches of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.