News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Charges Include Firearms, Drugs, Witness Tampering, Carjacking, Robbery, And Kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that the United States has filed a civil complaint alleging False Claims Act violations committed by BJ Trucking Company, Inc., a former Highway Contract Route supplier for the United States...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) for front-end engineering design (FEED) studies for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture systems. The projects, funded by the Office of Fossil Energy’s Carbon Capture program will support FEED studies for CO2 systems on both coal and natural gas power plants.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will host a live operational press briefing to mark the one year out milestone from the 2020 Census. On April 1, 2019, Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham and Census Bureau leadership will brief the public on the status of operations and provide updates on the success...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested and charged in federal court in Boston on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in connection with money laundering and visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that on March 21, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine the Brewer Police Department, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will present the TRUST (Teach mutual Respect and Understanding through SimulaTion) Program to about 40 Brewer High School students at Brewer High School, 79 Parkway South, Brewer.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Preliminary results from recent environmental testing in the corral area of the main ranch on Santa Rosa Island found contaminated soils. Consequently, the park is closing this area to public access until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Mar.14, 2019)-Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, chaired by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, held a full committee hearing to discuss the ongoing preparations for the 2020 Census and the addition of the citizenship question with testimony from Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Shailesh (“Shue") Kothari, the former owner and CEO of Primera Medical Group, Inc., and Timothy McMenamin, Primera’s former Chief Operating Officer have been sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Stephen Marando, 58, formerly of Franklin, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to overturn President Trump’s national emergency declaration...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning’s Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hearing to examine the silent crisis of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW ) featured four Native American women as expert witnesses who testified that Congress and federal agencies have not honored their...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Defendant Rene Flores-Calderon, 35 of Mexico, pleaded guilty to eight counts of transportation of undocumented aliens who had come to, entered and remained in the United States in violation of law and to his illegal reentry into the United States after being previously deported. He appeared in federal court before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his guilty plea and set sentencing for May 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested on March 12, 2019, and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with fraudulent statements on a passport application and an application for MassHealth benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: The Finance Committee is back for Round Two on the budget, and we’re joined by Secretary Mnuchin. Since the Treasury budget is largely about taxes, and taxes pay for the bulk of federal programs, I want to start with a hard look at the overall picture.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor, today reintroduced the Healthy Families...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on “Enhancing Vehicle Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving:"
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: With 2,679,478 recreational visits in 2018, Bryce Canyon National Park has seen another record year for annual visitation. Recreational visits in 2018 were up by 107,794 visits from last year, and up over 1.6 million visits from 2010. The park has remained above 2 million annual recreational visits since 2016.
