News from July 2020
By Federal Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Ryan Turtle, a business owner from Memphis, Tennessee, has agreed to pay $1,731,200 to the United States government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores has made the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams released the following statement regarding the U.S. Marshals Service use of less-lethal munitions during weekend protests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO RIVERA, also known as “Heavy," 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man has been charged with murder in the first degree in Indian Country after he allegedly shot and killed a woman in Philpott Park on July 10, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to maintain the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for Ground Level Ozone despite the latest science showing a more protective standard may be needed.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 am via Cisco WebEx video conferencing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to East-Central Idaho Planning & Development Association, Inc., Rexburg, Idaho, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., today regarding the agency’s work to determine the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic and serological tests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, beginning July 8, 2020, and concluding on July 9, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Panhandle Area Council Inc., Hayden, Idaho, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Water Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: A man with four prior drug-related felonies who trafficked methamphetamine in 2016 was sentenced today to more than 14 years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation includes funding for programs within the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and other related agencies, including the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Longwood Management Corporation and 27 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (Longwood) have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary, the Department of Justice announced today. Longwood is headquartered in Los Angeles, and the 27 skilled nursing facilities are located in Southern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Twenty-Seven Skilled Nursing Facilities Controlled By Longwood Management Corporation To Pay $16.7 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Democratic Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a white paper laying out a number of proposals from Senate Democrats to make sure COVID-19 vaccines...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published a final rule revising the beryllium standard for general industry. The final rule includes changes designed to clarify the standard, and simplify or improve compliance. These changes maintain protection for employees while ensuring that the standard is well understood and compliance is simple and straightforward.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE LUIS REYES, also known as "Roberto Camacho Figueroa," “Joselito" and “Gordo," 50, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 71 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the East Central Intergovernmental Association, Dubuque, Iowa, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
