News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a proposal to tie unemployment insurance benefits to economic conditions and prevent Republican economic sabotage.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Kent and Newaygo counties who suffered losses due to excessive rain that has occurred since March 1, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River is announcing that, beginning this recreation season, the Ten Mile River Access will be closed to trailered boat launching and retrieval. When the site opens to the public this year, the access will be open for hand launching and retrieval only. Ten Mile River...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jerry Stearns, 48, of Canandaigua, NY, with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum penalty of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Lynn, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 115 months incarceration for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is investing $71 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Kansas and Oklahoma. This funding is part of USDA’s round one investments through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Central Falls man wanted on a federal arrest warrant charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition in connection with a shooting in Pawtucket on April 7, 2020, during which a parked vehicle was riddled with bullets, was arrested today by members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force and Pawtucket Police.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: CARES Act Unemployment Benefits: Highlights from DOL FAQs on Work Search and Job Refusal.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management is restoring access to the below recreation sites for day use only, effective today. The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains the number one priority of the BLM. Sites are opening in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our local partners, and the state of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Timothy J. Kirsch, 36, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Kirsch to 360 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Kirsch will be on supervised release for life and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: “The Supreme Court’s decision speaks for itself, and we are bound by that decision. Beyond that, we have no comment.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kenneth Bryant, 29, of Sacramento, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and nine months in prison for dealing firearms without a license, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nana Dwomah Yeboah, 36, a citizen of the Republic of Ghana, who was convicted of assaulting a federal officer and possession of a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: State and Local Governments Have Received Over $765 Billion in Federal Coronavirus Spending.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted evading payment of income taxes on money he diverted from his businesses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS- A Florida woman who admitted driving to Montana last year to try to pick up three illegal aliens from Mexico for transportation back to Florida was sentenced today to three years of probation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jerry Stearns, 48, of Canandaigua, NY, with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum penalty of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 57-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court for conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - TSA announced today that its employees must wear facial protection while at screening checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Henry E. Underwood, age 26, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged in a criminal complaint, filed yesterday, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
