News published on Federal Newswire in December 2020

News from December 2020



House Republican Wins in Year-End Package

News Release: House Republican Wins in Year-End Package.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Nearly $12 Million in Fiscal Year 2020

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma collected $11,900,775.79 in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. Of this amount, the office collected $8,954,620.22 in civil actions and $2,946,155.57 in criminal actions.


ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM P. BARR ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF OPERATION LEGEND

News Release: WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of Operation Legend, which was first launched in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 8, 2020, and then expanded to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 22, 2020; to Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 29, 2020; to St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, on August 6, 2020; and to Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 14, 2020.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Mount Lewis Field Office will begin a wild horse gather on or about Dec. 29, 2020 on the Fish Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) located near Eureka, Nevada. Gather operations will be conducted using the helicopter-assisted method.


News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement commending the Trump administration’s Executive Order to pave the way for the delivery of emergency learning scholarships to families impacted by pandemic-related school closures...


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


APHIS Posts New Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program Report

Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its. The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.The PCN Eradication Program is a cooperative ...


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


News Release: Q&A: Economic Impact Payments. Dec. 21, 2020 - Blog - Coronavirus Bulletin - In Case You Missed It. - Press Releases. How will these new payments work?. These payments are an expansion of the Economic Impact Payments the IRS issued earlier in 2020 as part of the CARES Act. The IRS will use the...


News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce the digital availability of a set of personal and business papers held by the Jane and Richard Hunt family and private owners for more than 140 years. The Hunt Family Papers includes over 1,100 plans, contracts, essays, store records, and correspondence dating from 1828 to 1856.


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, today announced that on Dec. 22, 2020, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging CHRISTOPHER MULKERN, also known as “Chucky," 21, and EDWIN CORDERO, 20, both of Stratford, with federal car theft offenses.


News Release: Stopping Payments to Dead People. Dec. 21, 2020 - Blog - Coronavirus Bulletin - In Case You Missed It. - Press Releases. This is a joint document provided by the Committees on Ways and Means and Oversight and Government Reform. Topline: In order to stop payments to dead people, this legislation...


Chairman Neal Statement on House Passage of the CASH Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act of 2020...


Strong Support for Our Local Doctors in Year-End Package

News Release: Strong Support for Our Local Doctors in Year-End Package.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in In re Bestwall LLC in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina. In this bankruptcy case, the debtor Bestwall LLC seeks to establish a trust to resolve its asbestos liabilities pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 524(g), a provision in the Bankruptcy Code that provides the framework for responding to the unique issues associated with asbestos liability.


News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Last week, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Law Enforcement Officers responded to a report of a stuck and abandoned vehicle in the Dry Gulch area near Indian Springs. The vehicle became stuck when the driver illegally drove up and slid off the edge of the single-track Dry Gulch Trail, which is not designated for 4-wheel use, damaging the trail and the surrounding resources along the way.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed a year-end funding and COVID relief package...


2020 busy year in the NDWV

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell is applauding the efforts of his staff, as well as law enforcement partners in the Northern District of West Virginia, for a highly-productive year, despite the pandemic.


News Release: Improving Support for Rural and Underserved Health Care.