News from February 2020
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to strongly oppose the U.S Department of Education’s (the Department) proposed regulation, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles, Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, Direct Grant Programs, State-Administered Formula Grant Programs, Developing Hispanic-Serving...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1.9 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to five airports in Vermont. This investment in Vermont’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, Feb. 18, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business Nydia M. Velázquez, Chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee Carolyn B. Maloney, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (all D-NY) concluded their...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Five men were arrested and charged in federal court in Boston last week on wide-ranging cocaine distribution and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Lucas Montagne, age 33, of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to life in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Sexual...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that sairam yeruva, age 45, a resident of Cary, North Carolina, and a naturalized United States citizen from India, was sentenced today in federal court to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment, along with 1 year supervised release and a $50,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 19, 2020 - The YMCA of Middle Tennessee has agreed to adopt a written non-discrimination statement and institute policies to resolve Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allegations, announced Don Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The policies will...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $5.2 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 13 airports in Idaho. This investment in Idaho’s airports is part of a $520.5 millionnational investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Under the Consent Decree, Northport Will Perform Necessary Inspections and Sampling to Prevent Illicit Discharges from its Storm Sewer System.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: In efforts to reduce the number of deaths from smoking-related fires, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new supply of a specially designed cigarette used as an ignition source for measuring the flammability of soft furnishings such as mattresses and upholstered furniture.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Thomas Gleason, Commissioner of the Westchester County Police (“WCP"), announced the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., and its related companies will pay $15,466,278 to settle claims that the skilled nursing home chain provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents in order to meet revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court, LAMONT TURRENTINE, 40, a resident of Four Oaks, North Carolina, was convicted in a one-day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. The jury found TURRENTINE guilty of each of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant JOHN LEONARD CRUZ, age 49, from Merizo, was sentenced in the District Court of Guam to 24 months imprisonment, On Aug. 22, 2019, Cruz entered a guilty plea...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Five men were arrested and charged in federal court in Boston last week on wide-ranging cocaine distribution and money laundering charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $33.8 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to four airports in Nevada and the State of Nevada. This investment in Nevada’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $11.36 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 19 airports in Louisiana. This investment in Louisiana’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Guardian Elder Care Holdings and Related Entities Agree to Pay $15.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Billing for Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Rashaan Donell Mukes, of Steubenville, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: TAMPA - A missing/endangered five-year-old girl was located and rescued Jan. 30 with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Tampa.
