News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Public Health Service, and Texas Department of State Health Services, Big Bend will soon resume visitor access for recreational day use. The park has been closed to visitors since April 3rd, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Carl Sandburg Home NHS is increasing recreational access on Monday, June 1, 2020. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and is using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is issuing seasonal fire restrictions, effective May 29, for public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, due to dry conditions and wildland fire danger. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to the year-round statewide fire prevention order, issued on April 28, and will remain in effect until further notice.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A former Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy and a Lafourche Parish Fire
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Central Oregon - Annual campfire restrictions will go into effect June 1 on portions of the Deschutes, John Day, White and Crooked Rivers, as well as on BLM-administered lands along Lake Billy Chinook.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Britton, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for possessing heroin with intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) joined U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Good News for Seniors: President Takes Action to Lower Insulin Costs, Improve Care.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that the department is investing $281 million in 106 projects to improve water and wastewater infrastructure (PDF, 252 KB) in rural communities in 36 states and Puerto Rico. USDA is funding the projects through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - William Watson, age 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Juan sent a video of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct to another person.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Ira Weeks, 40, of Greenfield, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the State Department’s certification that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is increasing recreational access in some areas of the park. The National Park Service (NPS) is working with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and is using a phased approach to increase access.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.), today applauded House passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (S.3744).
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former special assistant to a member of the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge stemming from a “pay-to-play" bribery scheme where real estate developers and their proxies provided over $1 million in financial benefits, including cash, to the councilmember and others to ensure certain real estate projects received favored treatment.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture changes in destination of 138,000 metric tons of soybean cake and meal from unknown destinations to the Philippines during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., today on the agency’s efforts to maintain food safety and address food supply disruptions in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., today on the agency’s efforts to maintain food safety and address food supply disruptions in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
