News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAWRENCE CHRISTIE, also known as “L," 28, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a gun trafficking ring and for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault of an Intimate Partner by Strangulation and Suffocation and Child Abuse.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: “I commend Princess Cruises and Viking Cruises for initiating a voluntary pause in their operations to protect the health and safety of their passengers, crew, and countries they visit. I encourage others in the industry to follow their lead until appropriate safety measures are put in place. President Trump is grateful for their leadership and fully supports the cruise line industry and their importance to the U.S. economy.”
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced USDA has extended the deadline for ReConnect Pilot Program applications to March 31.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON (March 12, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 12, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s address to the nation regarding COVID-19: “President Trump has made the safety, security, and health of the American people his top priority. The whole of government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Sterling Medical Associates Inc. (Sterling) will pay $1.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it failed to schedule veterans’ medical appointments timely at two outpatient clinics in Minnesota, resulting in the submission of false ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Philadelphia condo association has violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against persons with disabilities who need assistance animals, including emotional support and service animals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: A federal jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, found Eric Scott Kindley, 52, a private prisoner transport officer, guilty of sexually assaulting two different women in his custody during two different transports in 2014 and 2017, and for knowingly possessing a firearm in furtherance of the 2017 sexual assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: A Hampton, Virginia, tax preparer was arrested yesterday on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, theft of government funds, and failing to file tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Zuckerman ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: President Trump has made the safety, security, and health of the American people his top priority from day one of this Administration. Since the very beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, the President has taken an unprecedented whole-of-government approach to protect the American people.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – After investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Ryuko International LLC and Izakaya WA-River Oaks – both doing business as Izakaya WA in Houston, Texas – have paid $150,371 in back wages to 18 employees to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Donald J. Trump’s swift action to protect the American workforce from exposure to COVID-19 – also known as novel coronavirus – the U.S. Department of Labor today announced new guidance outlining flexibilities that states have in administering their unemployment insurance (UI) programs to assist Americans affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – After investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Ryuko International LLC and Izakaya WA-River Oaks – both doing business as Izakaya WA in Houston, Texas – have paid $150,371 in back wages to 18 employees to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Donald J. Trump’s swift action to protect the American workforce from exposure to COVID-19 – also known as novel coronavirus – the U.S. Department of Labor today announced new guidance outlining flexibilities that states have in administering their unemployment insurance (UI) programs to assist Americans affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 12, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 12, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 12, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
