News from June 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 4, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than five million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s recent Executive Order, Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities. This EO responds...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, congratulated Grant County today on being officially designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Last week, several defendants pled guilty and others were sentenced in the District Court of Puerto Rico, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: U.S. National Arboretum Set to Reopen June 8.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Costumed interpreters perform the tasks that made the Allegheny Portage Railroad function. Programs include stonecutting, log hewing, rope making, natural dyes and more! Programs vary on a daily basis. These programs are generally held daily from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in the mornings and from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM in the afternoons through Sept. 27, 2020. The programs are weather and staff dependent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa woman was sentenced this week in federal court for firearms and drug violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Three men pleaded guilty this week to federal gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Deadline for grant proposals extended to June 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Bozeman woman who worked as a bookkeeper for several businesses admitted this week to embezzling about $433,018 from the companies, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that the City of Chattanooga received $374,730 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Brady Discusses Return to Work Bonus Proposal on Squawk Box.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a group of ten Senators led by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, raised questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Reopening America by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2020. This bill will help local businesses rebuild their workforce quickly by turning these unemployment benefits into a back-to-work bonus that will provide a bump to workers and help accelerate our economic recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Williamson, W. Va. man, Curtis Hight, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward Atkins, to distributing heroin and crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, MS. - Gulf Islands National Seashore announces that all areas of the seashore in Mississippi will close on Friday June 5, at 5:00 pm, in anticipation of intense winds, rough seas, and heavy rain that will impact the islands and cause flooding of roads and coastal areas associated with...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer 45 parcels, totaling approximately 67,244 acres in Jackson, Las Animas, Rio Blanco and Weld counties at its September 2020 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The public comment period on associated environmental documents ends June 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Mt. Vernon, Kentucky man, Brice Hubbard, 47, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram, to conspiring with others to distribute 500 grams or more of a methamphetamine mixture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, our country is now dealing with the traumatic aftermath of the brutal killing of George Floyd. That fatal encounter with police in Minneapolis was a horrifying incident that understandably caused outrage, sadness and pain. An untold number of people...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Manuel Diaz, 29, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Philip P. Simon to 420 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragon Nation street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
