News from March 2019
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Bulgaria is a constitutional republic governed by a freely elected unicameral national assembly. A coalition government headed by a prime minister leads the country. National assembly elections were held in March 2017, and the Central Election Commission did not report any major election irregularities. International observers considered the elections generally free and fair but noted some deficiencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the nomination hearing to consider Heath Tarbert to be Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Last Congress, as chairman of this committee, it was a priority of mine to make sure that patients could get streamlined access to more affordable prescription drugs. Working together in a bipartisan manner, this committee advanced the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act - or FDARA - to the full House by a unanimous vote of 54-0. The bill then went on to pass the House of Representatives by voice vote before being signed into law by President Trump.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Clarence Steele, 35, of Perkinston, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 70 months in federal prison, followed by 7 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Steele was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Suriname is a constitutional democracy with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly. Elections for the National Assembly took place in 2015. International observers considered the legislative elections to be free and fair. In 2015 the assembly elected Desire (Desi) Delano Bouterse to a second consecutive term as president.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is ruled by its only constitutionally legitimate party, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The most recent National Assembly election held in 2016 was not free and fair. The LPRP selected all candidates, and voting is mandatory for all citizens. Following the election the National Assembly approved Thongloun Sisoulith to be the new prime minister.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), highlighted the importance of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) to communities in Wyoming. Barrasso noted several school districts in Wyoming have used funds from the DERA program to replace aging school buses, both to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 69-year-old permanent legal resident from Mexico living in Brownsville has entered pleas of guilty to theft/embezzlement of bank funds, theft of funds by a bank employee and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the release of a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee majority staff report on how current U.S. immigration laws encourage child marriages earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Note: Unless otherwise noted, all references in this report exclude the secessionist region of Transnistria.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Barbados is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. In the May national elections, voters elected Prime Minister Mia Mottley of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). Observers considered the vote generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: El PASO, Texas - The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Mozambique is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected republican form of government. The most recent national elections for president, parliament, and provincial assemblies took place in 2014. Voters elected as president Filipe Nyusi of the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy. It has a parliamentary system of government selected through regular, multiparty elections and is headed by a prime minister. The king is the head of state and serves a largely ceremonial role; he serves a five-year term; the kingship rotates among the sultans...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Principality of Liechtenstein is a multiparty constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. Prince Hans Adam II is the official head of state, although in 2004 Hereditary Prince Alois assumed the day-to-day duties of head of state, exercising the rights of office on behalf of the reigning...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Techonology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requesting the committee to take up bipartisan self-driving vehicle legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Former Supervisor at Louisiana Correctional Facility Pleads Guilty to Violating Civil Rights of Five Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Aiken, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that 26 individuals, many of them associates of a violent criminal street gang, have been indicted on drug and firearms charges after a series of investigations in South Carolina and Georgia.
