News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of H.R. 2426, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Bighorn Canyon is nearing the end of a busy summer season and looking toward the winter. In the next month several facilities will be closed for the winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Saul E. Pacheco, age 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, for conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the median household income was not statistically different from the 2017 median, and the official poverty rate decreased 0.5 percentage points from 2017. At the same time, the rate and number of people without health insurance increased from 7.9%, or 25.6 million, in 2017 to 8.5%, or 27.5 million, in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Honorable Judge Keith Starrett, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, sentenced defendant Louie Bernard Revette, 38, to serve 11 years on federal charges for his commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Revette previously...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding selectees for multiple domestic advanced nuclear technology projects. Three projects in three states will receive varying amounts for a total of approximately $15 million in funding. The projects are cost-shared and will allow...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KEVIN GENIS, 26, of Stamford, has been charged by indictment with one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: In case you missed it, this column, written by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), was published in a Washington Times special section on energy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Sept. 28, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 90 minute, 1 mile walking tour down Lookout Mountain’s East Brow Road in order to discuss the mountain’s recapture by Confederates in September 1863. This tour will meet at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center (110 Point Park Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350) and is FREE of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lamar Perdue, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 195 months incarceration for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton National Park Rangers conducted a rescue operation over the past weekend. Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received an emergency call from a climber that was stranded on the Middle Teton at approximately 7:45 p.m. Saturday,.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Bill takes bipartisan approach to lowering medication costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Damari William Singleton was sentenced today to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison and ordered to pay restitution to child victims of his sex trafficking scheme, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Due to wind damage that occurred on Sunday afternoon at the Dangling Rope Marina on Lake Powell, there will be no boat fuel, electricity, water, sewer, or boat pump-out services and the Dangling Rope Marina Store is closed until further notice. The public may dock at the Dangling Rope Marina and the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today approved a Public Land Order that extends a withdrawal on 37.5 acres of public land in Florida for a 40-year term. The Public Land Order will enable the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to continue to preserve unique natural features adjacent to the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The Storm and its effects. Hurricane Dorian has left its mark on many areas of our parks and caused hardships for our communities and staff. Park staff put in an amazing effort to prepare the parks consistent with severe weather plans and made extra efforts to protect vehicles, equipment, buildings...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM’s latest cleanup progress in Oak Ridge has brought the end of an era at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Defendant made 317 fraudulent payments benefitting herself or her ex-husband.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Crossburning.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
Release: Sept. 10, 2019, Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the availability of a sources sought notice which will be posted for 30 days to gather information from interested vaccine manufacturers on their ability ...
