News from June 2019
By USDA Wire | Jun 11, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 11, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 11, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Last week, Secretary Chao was named an American Maritime Hero by the American Maritime Partnership. A yearlong celebration of American Maritime heroes, the American Maritime Partnership selected Secretary Chao as the inaugural honoree, along with WWII merchant mariners. This decision to name Secretary Chao a maritime hero was widely applauded across the industry, receiving praise from the Seafarers International Union, Transportation Institute, and others.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: AURORA, IL ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited residential homebuilder Florentino Rodriguez of DB Custom Carpentry LLC for exposing employees to falls at a residential site in Wheaton, Illinois. The contractor faces penalties totaling $196,905 for one serious and two willful safety violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Iranian National Charged In Scheme to Evade U.S. Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Tallahassee, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging eight defendants with 83 counts of federal dogfighting offenses stemming from an investigation into drug trafficking and a large-scale illegal dogfighting operation involving approximately 100 dogs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that a Luzerne County man pleaded guilty on June 6, 2019, in United States District Court in Scranton, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley, to drug distribution resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRANCE CLARK, also known as “T-Time," 24, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Warming and drying weather conditions have prompted Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District fire officials to issue a fire prevention order for lands within one-half mile of the Klamath River from Keno Dam downstream to the California state line effective Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 12:01 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Deported following criminal convictions in 2012 and 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Renewed action to scrutinize shipments into the growing Port of Savannah have led to significant recent drug seizures, including two arrests and more than 20 kilos of cocaine seized in a weekend raid at an Augusta warehouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ashan Westcott, 28, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before District Judge Curtis Gomez to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JAYLYN MARQUICE BELL, 23, has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a minor, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ashan Westcott, 28, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before District Judge Curtis Gomez to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PDF, 146 KB) to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Spencer Eugene Steckman, age 35, a Navy employee formerly of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the production, transportation, and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2019 Census Test will begin this week, as approximately 480,000 housing units across the country receive a questionnaire testing the operational effects of including a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The 2019 Census Test will randomly assign households to two panels and ask them to respond to the 2020 Census questions. Panel A will include the question on citizenship, Panel B will not.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 11, 2019 - Christopher B. Warren, 50, of Anthony, Florida was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Warren was charged in a 12-count indictment in July 2018 and pleaded guilty to mail fraud and securities fraud in December 2018.
