News from March 2019
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Significant damage from heavy winter snowpack has resulted in delayed openings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (VAWA), by a vote of 22 to 11. The legislation now heads to the House floor for a full vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Juan Jarmon, 32 of Philadelphia, was convicted today of one count of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack"); one count of unlawful use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug felony; five...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Republic of Croatia is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral parliament (Sabor). The president serves as head of state and nominates the prime minister, who leads the government, based on majority support of the Croatian Parliament. The latest...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: A jury convicted a Beachwood woman of stealing the identities of more than a dozen people and filing false tax returns.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Namibia is a constitutional multiparty democracy. In local and regional elections held in 2015, the ruling South West African People’s Organization (Swapo) party won 112 of 121 regional council seats and gained control of 54 of 57 local authorities. Elections held in 2014 resulted in the election of...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. The prime minister is the head of the government. In 2015 Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves was elected to a fourth consecutive term. International observers assessed the election as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary democracy governed by a prime minister and a bicameral legislature. The island of Tobago’s House of Assembly has some administrative autonomy over local matters. In elections in 2015, which observers considered generally free and fair, the opposition People’s National Movement, led by Keith Rowley, defeated the ruling People’s Partnership, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Bronx, New York has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charges of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and has a high degree of autonomy, except in defense and foreign affairs, under the SAR’s constitution (the Basic Law). In September residents directly elected 14 of the 33 representatives who comprise the SAR’s Legislative...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. President Jose Mario Vaz took office in 2014 after a general election that included all 102 seats in the National Assembly. International observers considered the elections free and fair. The country has endured prolonged political gridlock punctuated by periods of turmoil. Aristides Gomes is the seventh prime minister since President Vaz dismissed Domingos Simoes Pereira in 2015.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Although it has no constitution, parliament, the unicameral 120-member Knesset, has enacted a series of “Basic Laws" that enumerate fundamental rights. Certain fundamental laws, orders, and regulations legally depend on the existence of a “state of emergency,"...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Starting March 11th, 2019, Joshua Tree National Park vegetation and fire management staff implemented fuels treatments along the Covington Flats road system in response to heavy winter rains and significant germination of nonnative annual grasses. The removal of annual grasses and brush reduces flame...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on gun violence prevention and enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Spring Break is one of the most popular times to visit Grand Canyon National Park. To make the most of a visit to the park during this time, park rangers recommend the following pro tips.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today raised concerns about ties between opioid manufacturers and the tax-exempt American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), an organization that advocates on pain management issues including the use of opioids.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Grenada is a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. Observers considered the March 13 elections to be generally free and fair. The New National Party won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and selected Keith Mitchell as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Argentina is a federal constitutional republic. Mauricio Macri was elected president in 2015 in elections generally considered free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: MILWAUKEE - U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that three defendants were arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina yesterday. These defendants are wanted in the United States to face charges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Federated States of Micronesia is a constitutional republic composed of four states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Individual states enjoy significant autonomy and their traditional leaders retain considerable influence, especially in Pohnpei and Yap. The latest election for the 10 members of...
