News from March 2019
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today began an investigation into the concerning practices of Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) health care plans and insurance brokers by requesting documents and information from twelve companies that either sell or assist consumers in signing up for these junk plans.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Senegal is a republic dominated by a strong executive branch. In 2012 voters elected Macky Sall as president for a seven-year term, in elections local and international observers considered to be free and fair. In July 2017 Sall’s coalition won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Local and international observers viewed the legislative election as largely free and fair despite significant irregularities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months imprisonment with six years of supervised release on his conviction of a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo," following his election by a joint vote of the two houses of parliament in February 2017, led the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), formed in 2012. President Farmaajo succeeded President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who peacefully stepped down from power following...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Portugal, which includes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, is a constitutional semipresidential representative democracy with a president, prime minister, and parliament elected in multiparty elections. Observers considered presidential elections in 2016 and local government elections in 2017 free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Montenegro is a mixed parliamentary and presidential republic with a multiparty political system. Voters choose both the president and the unicameral parliament through popular elections. The president nominates, and the parliament approves, the prime minister. The observation mission of the Office for ...
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), delivered the following remarks on the Democrats' Green New Deal resolution.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in a unicameral parliament (Seimas) and executive authority resides in the Office of the President. Observers evaluated the 2014 presidential elections and the 2016 parliamentary elections as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Since 1974 the southern part of Cyprus has been under the control of the government of the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part of Cyprus, administered by Turkish Cypriots, proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (“TRNC") in 1983. The United States does not recognize the “TRNC," ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has held power since 1967. Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. Observers noted numerous irregularities,...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic. In July the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in the general elections, and in August PTI’s Imran Khan became prime minister. While independent observers noted technical improvements in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Mauritania is a highly centralized Islamic Republic with a president as head of state and a constitution grounded in French civil law and sharia (Islamic law). The National Assembly exercises legislative functions but was weak relative to the executive. Voters elect deputies at the National Assembly...
By EPA 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 State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Tajikistan is an authoritarian state dominated politically by President Emomali Rahmon and his supporters. The constitution provides for a multiparty political system, but the government has historically obstructed political pluralism and continued to do so during the year. Constitutional amendments...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking good homes for wild horses and burros during its adoption and sale event planned for March 22 - 24, at the Marana Heritage Center in Marana, Ariz.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Belarus is an authoritarian state. The constitution provides for a directly elected president who is head of state, and a bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. A prime minister appointed by the president is the nominal head of government, but power is concentrated in the presidency, both in fact...
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: Mauritania is a highly centralized Islamic Republic with a president as head of state and a constitution grounded in French civil law and sharia (Islamic law). The National Assembly exercises legislative functions but was weak relative to the executive. Voters elect deputies at the National Assembly,...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the conviction of an additional individual charged in Operation Hidden Fee in connection with an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Benin is a stable constitutional presidential republic. In 2016 voters elected Patrice Talon to a five-year term as president in a multiparty election, replacing former president Thomas Boni Yayi, who served two consecutive five-year terms. In 2015 authorities held legislative elections in which former...
