News from December 2020
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and organizations representing many of Ohio's craft brewers have renewed a two-year alliance to improve workplace safety in the industry.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Kansas City and St. Louis area offices have signed a two-year alliance with the Missouri Association of Manufacturers to address safety and health hazards at Missouri manufacturing facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A grand jury has returned indictments in unrelated cases against two Central Illinois men, one from Springfield and the other from Beardstown, that allege fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits available through the Small Business Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Marc Nunez made an initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint for possession of child pornography, announced David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. Nunez made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Used Over 90 Credit Card Readers to Defraud Merchants, Including U.S. Army.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $360,000 grant to the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support a statewide economic recovery strategy in a key tourism sector. The project will be matched with $90,000 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Property Manager.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily close campgrounds and the visitor center at New Melones Lake; day-use areas not already closed for the season will remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Joe Louis Anderson, 53, of Winnfield, Louisiana was sentenced in federal court for stealing firearms from a local store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Karl Justin Dunn, III, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza has sentenced Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido a/k/a Nelson “Tony" Yester (63, Cuba) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a large amount of high-grade marijuana in the Middle District of Florida. Yester-Garrido had pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeffery Garvin Townsend, 60, of Paris, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Toledo has returned a one-count indictment charging Eddie Lee Pope, age 47, of Detroit, Michigan, with intent to distribute methamphetamine. This charge carries an enhanced penalty specification due to the defendant’s history of previous felony drug offense convictions.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [December 7, 2020] - Glacier National Park, in partnership with the Glacier National Park Conservancy, is proud to present the launch of Headwaters podcast.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jazzlyn Rae Molloy, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: NEW BEDFORD, MA -- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park has received two national awards for virtual programming. The National Association for Interpretation, an organization dedicated to advancing the profession of heritage interpretation, has awarded two of their five first-place awards for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Wayne County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after a drug arrest in which a deputy was seriously injured.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Northridge man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge that he fraudulently obtained $655,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for his companies by submitting fake tax documents and false employee information.
