News from December 2020
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that a Notice of Sale for the first lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will be published on December 7, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) thanked the House Democratic Caucus today for reappointing him as Chair for the 117th Congress, saying he looked forward to focusing on climate change and environmental justice as key themes in the coming term.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide civil investigation into Louisiana’s prisoner release practices.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four New Hampshire counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Cheshire, Coos, Grafton and Sullivan counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that ANTHONY FAUSTINI, 57, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to making a false statement under oath in a bankruptcy matter.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Face masks have become a way of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We now wear them nearly everywhere we go-at grocery stores, on public transportation, in schools, at work-any situation that requires us to be around others. But what about at places that require a higher level of security, like airports? ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Former Hilo Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty for Assaulting an Inmate and Conspiring with Other Officers to Cover it Up.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A convicted felon was sentenced today to an additional eight months in prison for escaping from a halfway house, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has been selected once again by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to serve as the Committee’s Republican leader in the next Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management announces the availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/Final EIS) for the Bering Sea-Western Interior planning area on Dec. 4.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after speaking with Colombian President Iván Duque:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bryson McBride, 22, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -Students from 56 schools across the country have designed one-of-a-kind ornaments for the 2020 National Christmas Tree display on the Ellipse in President’s Park. These unique ornaments will adorn 56 smaller trees that surround the National Christmas Tree. The trees represent each U.S. state...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Dodge City man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 and Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Return Preparers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the IRS.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, met with President-Elect Joe Biden’s intended nominee for United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, to discuss the security priorities of Michiganders and the American people. Peters released the following statement on the meeting...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jesus Heriberto Barajas, 29, of Suisun City, pleaded guilty today to possession of cocaine and methamphetamine for distribution and possessing a firearm as a felon, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Visitors to Lees Ferry are advised to expect traffic delays on the Lees Ferry Road near the Paria River Bridge beginning on Monday, Dec. 7 and daily through Dec. 31, 2020. The Lees Ferry Road is located between Marble Canyon, Arizona and Lees Ferry, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cheyenne Grace Alexus Tiger, age 24, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Money Laundering Conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h) and 1956(a)(2), punishable by not more than 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $500,000.00, or both.
