News from April 2020
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 17, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced North Carolina and Massachusetts have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - Acadia National Park, in response to guidance from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - In light of several news reports of high levels of transmission of COVID-19 at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) across the country, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) urged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to assist these...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to recent reports of personnel and potential policy changes in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR):
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he orchestrated a church-based investment scam that took in more than $33 million, United States Attorney Nick Hanna announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has obtained a temporary restraining order preventing a DFW chiropractor from touting sham treatments for COVID-19, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - Joseph Haywood Smith, 45, of Greensboro, N.C., was sentenced to 41 months in prison late yesterday, for conspiracy to manufacture more than $7,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Seeks to End Illegal Online Sale of Industrial Bleach Marketed as “Miracle" Treatment for COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - April 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Ann Brennan, of Shinnston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Russell M. Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, along with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday jointly released a public service announcement (PSA) regarding fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larquon Watkins, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference to negotiate water service contracts with Central Valley Project Delta and San Felipe unit division contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announces National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 19-25, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio and Vance Callender, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit, are reminding parents to be vigilant of their children’s online activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Nebraska pharmacist was arrested today on charges related to an alleged conspiracy to use explosives, specifically Molotov cocktails, to firebomb and destroy a competitor pharmacy.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging the Administration to immediately reverse its fetal tissue restrictions for any current or future federally supported COVID-19-related research.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: A felon formerly on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted list has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison on a federal firearms charge, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Brian Skinner, 44, a former Shreveport police officer, appeared in federal court on April 16, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on modifications and installation of telecommunications facilities within Southern California Edison’s (SCE) existing rights-of-way (ROW), which crosses public lands within California and Nevada. Comments on the environmental assessment are due by May 18, 2020.
