News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Murfreesboro, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Stones River National Battlefield is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is further extending the seasonal closure to motorized and mechanized vehicles at the North Sand Hills Special Recreation Management Area through May 15, at the request of Jackson County officials.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started making payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program - Plus (WHIP+) to agricultural producers who suffered eligible losses because of drought or excess moisture in 2018 and 2019. Signup for these causes of loss opened...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access at three Florida areas. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bryan P. Krynicki, age 56, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Beginning May 11, 2020 the Federal Highway Administration, in conjunction with the National Park Service, will begin completion of the resurfacing and restriping project begun in July 2019 at Lake Roosevelt. The majority of this project was completed last summer and fall, however, they were unable to finish the work at Spring Canyon.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Building on more than three decades of scientific exploration and public calls for additional protections, NOAA today released a proposal to expand Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to protect additional important Gulf of Mexico habitat.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement urging President Trump to release funding for FEMA to pay for burial costs for victims of COVID-19. In past disasters, FEMA has paid these costs...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Senate Aging Committees, Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn announced the following individuals have joined the office as Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Kenneth Houck Was Serving a Term of Supervised Release at the Time of the Alleged Offense.
By DOL Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Congresman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, led House and Senate Democrats in introducing legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, April 30, 2020, Rodricas Antwan Nelson, a 40-year-old man from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for federal gun and drug charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, Nelson will be on supervised release for three years. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000.00. There is no parole in the federal system.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 264,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China. Of the total, 132,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 132,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, Middle District of Louisiana, David C. Joseph, Western District of Louisiana, and United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser, Eastern District of Louisiana, jointly announced today that the State of Louisiana received $9,688,333 in a Department of Justice grant to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A New Concord, Ohio man who traded child pornography and paid for underwear worn by minors was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 120 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph, Western District of Louisiana, United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, Middle District of Louisiana, and United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser, Eastern District of Louisiana, jointly announced today that the State of Louisiana received $9,688,333 in a Department of Justice grant to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
