News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to impose much-needed guardrails and transparency measures on the Opportunity Zone program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly distributing and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Two Individuals Plead Guilty for Working on Behalf of Iran.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon: The Thomas Condon Paleontology and Visitor Center in the Sheep Rock unit of John Day Fossil Beds will be open 10 am - 5 pm daily through Nov. 16, 2019. From Nov. 17, 2019, until Feb. 24, 2020, the visitor center will be closed on Sundays and Mondays. After Feb. 24, 2020, the visitor center will be open daily, 10 am - 5 pm, during the spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John Milhiser and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox announced that nine Central Illinois men were arrested over the weekend related to a FBI Springfield Operation. The men have been charged in separate criminal complaints with attempted enticement of a child...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CLINTON, N.C., Nov. 6, 2019 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ" LaVoy announced USDA has invested $23.7 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for nearly 8,750 rural households in North Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against Versa Marketing Inc. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to three produce sellers in the amount of $792,939 from February 2018 through August 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-An East Glacier woman who taught elementary school on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to two years in prison and five years of supervised release for sexually abusing two students, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A member of a drug-trafficking organization today admitted conspiring to distribute illegal drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Michigan Company and Its Owner Sentenced for Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is extending the completion date for the road and parking lot maintenance at Aguirre Spring Recreation Area, Dripping Springs Natural Area and the La Cueva Loop Trail and picnic area to Nov. 22. In order to ensure the visiting public’s safety and to complete the maintenance successfully, the BLM and its contractor will be imposing access delays and/or intermittent road and parking closures of these areas.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its Cyber Essentials, a starting point for small businesses and government agencies to understand and address cybersecurity risk as they do other risks. Developed in collaboration with small businesses and state...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - After a three-day trial, a jury today convicted a Lodge Pole man accused of assaulting his girlfriend on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcript from the joint deposition of Ambassador William Taylor, Chargé d’Affaires Ad Interim For U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 5, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Robert J. Kapishkowit (Age: 26), an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, and a resident of Neopit, which is on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man pleaded guilty today to sending two packages, containing white powder, to federal agencies in Springfield.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL ) are working on field trials and genetic studies that could one day double the yields of sorghum, which is one of the world's most important sources of food, animal feed and biofuel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Lachann Alexis Green, age 36, of Laurel, Maryland, on federal wire fraud charges in connection with a scheme to embezzle money from her employer. The indictment was returned on November 4, 2019, and was unsealed at her initial appearance today.
