News published on Federal Newswire in April 2020

News from April 2020


Release: NEWARK, N.J. - With so many people in New Jersey hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport hand-crafted get well cards for individuals in isolation as well as cards of encouragement for the medical staff who are tending to those patients at Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $283,706,816 in airport aid to 72 airports in North Carolina to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $36,248,983 in airport aid to 58 airports in South Dakota to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic ...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly filing a false tax return for tax year 2013, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $257,000 in airport aid to four airports in Delaware to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $160,899,848 in airport aid to 24 airports in New Jersey to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has repatriated to Malaysia approximately $300 million (RM 1.292 billion) in additional funds misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.


Road washouts in the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area may hamper travel

News Release: LEWISTON, Idaho - Multiple rain-on-snow events in early February have taken a toll on roads throughout the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area (CWMA) east of Lewiston. The CWMA is cooperatively managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG).


Former Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and to Commit Money Laundering

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws and money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announces $10 billion in relief for America's airports.


News Release: Program leads from the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) met with the San Miguel County, Colorado, Board of County Commissioners via videoconference on April 1 to address questions regarding the Uranium Leasing Program (ULP), the Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Program, and a planned reclamation project for the Burro Mines Complex in relation to San Miguel County.


News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is implementing fire restrictions in seven counties in central and eastern Colorado effective April 14, 2020. The restrictions are being put in place to align with orders and restrictions that have been put in place by counties to reduce the risk of wildland fire and promote public and wildland fire personnel safety.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $124.17 Million to Alaska Airports in Response to COVID-19

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $124,179,623 in airport aid to 257 airports in Alaska to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...


Florida Passenger Arrested at Cyril E. King Airport for Smuggling 3 Kilograms of Marijuana into St. Thomas

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been filed against Nathaniel Robinson for attempting to smuggle marijuana into St. Thomas. Robinson made his initial appearance in federal court Monday in St. Thomas.


Release: WARWICK, R.I. - Social distancing didn’t stop the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at T.F. Green Airport from sending a little love to the rest of the airport community.


News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Death Valley National Park Rangers are investigating repeated incidents of vandalism over the past two years and seek the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect.


Grassley, Wyden Press Watchdog Council on Role in Inspector General Nominating Process

News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote.pdf) to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in his role as chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), regarding CIGIE’s role in the inspector general nominating process.


Muskogee Man Sentenced To 8 Months For Stealing Firearm From Licensed Dealer

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Neil Dunn a/k/a David Neil Dunn, Jr., age 20, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 8 months’ imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release for Stealing A Firearm From A Federal Firearms...


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been filed charging Kenan Thomas with Felon in Possession of a Firearm.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $310,329,949 in airport aid to 62 airports in Washington to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...