News from January 2020
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bettered our nation and the lives of countless millions through his faith in the founding values of our republic and in the power of a God who stood ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bettered our nation and the lives of countless millions through his faith in the founding values of our republic and in the power of a God who stood ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and its partners will celebrate 2020 with a year-long series of community events for its 50th Anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at noon,the House Managers, on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives, filed with the Secretary of the Senate aReplication to the Response to the Summons of President Donald J. Trump to the Articles of Impeachment.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today was honored with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Distinguished Service Award.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2020
News Release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Jan. 20, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) West Virginia State Director Kris Warner announced USDA has invested $18.7 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 6,300 rural households and...
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2020
News Release: Dear President Duda: As long-time supporters of a strong U.S.-Poland relationship based on shared democratic values, we write to express our deep concerns about Poland’s judicial reforms, which fail to respect the principles of judicial independence and separation of powers. Since 2015, your government...
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C.-House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), along with Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade Chairman Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Francis Rooney (R-FL), issued the following statement condemning Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s decision not to extend the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Guyland W. Thompson, a former mayor of Milton, Florida, and ex-executive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Guyland W. Thompson, a former mayor of Milton, Florida, and ex-executive.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served four immigration subpoenas Friday on the New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) requesting information on multiple illegal aliens who were criminally arrested in New York City, and yet under New York’s non-cooperation policies officials...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2020
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve will be temporarily closing the hunting area north of Sunflower Road and east of Lily Road in the Big Sandy Creek Unit during tree planting events on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. No other dates or areas are affected by this temporary closure. All other areas of the Big Sandy Creek Unit remain open.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2020
News Release: Washington-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) and Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), along with Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade Chairman Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Francis Rooney (R-FL) issued the following statement condemning Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s decision not to extend the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH)...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recognizes January as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a global issue the agency continues to fight to put an end to.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 17, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Greg Ibach announced that USDA has invested $5.7 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity in parts of three ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: HARMONY, Minn., Jan. 17, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky announced USDA has invested $11 million in three, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,395 rural households and nearly ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: (San Antonio, TX, Jan. 17, 2020) – Delivering on his promise to act on feedback from dietary professionals, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced two proposals today that will put local school and summer food service operators back in the driver’s seat of their programs, because they ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: A Maryland political consultant was sentenced to three years in prison today followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions through several scam political action committees (PACs) that he founded and advertised as ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: A former Commander of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) was convicted by a federal jury today of obstructing justice and making false statements, among other charges, in connection with the death of a civilian at the naval base.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Thong Cao and his wife, Mai Cao, will be obligated to pay $160,000 in damages and civil penalties to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that Thong Cao sexually harassed numerous female tenants since at least 2009 at residential properties he owned or operated in Wichita, Kansas. Mai Cao is named as a defendant in this lawsuit because she owned or co-owned certain rental properties at which harassment took place.
