News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Texas Man Charged with $5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates showing 1.1 million employer firms were owned by women and 1.0 million by minorities. According to the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS), covering year 2017, 5.6% (322,076) of all U.S. businesses were Hispanic-owned and 6.1% (351,237) were owned by veterans.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced the availability of $11.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants for nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an interview on “The Story with Martha MacCallum" Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the recently declassified Susan Rice email and his committee’s continuing government oversight efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Powdersville Water District in Easley, South Carolina, to make water infrastructure improvements needed to serve a major advanced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Chicago man, who was arrested while driving through northern Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today for possessing nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to distribute. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Missouri Highway Patrol.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) today commended U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and the Trump Administration for a proposal to establish much greater clarity and transparency in how the agency produces guidance documents.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: On Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00 PM, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site will host author and award-winning investigative journalist Nick Basbanes for a live virtual launch of his new major literary biography of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cross of Snow is a vibrant reassessment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay between May 3-May 9, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Park officials were joined by Second Lady Karen Pence and Deputy Secretary of the Interior Katherine MacGregor at Clingmans Dome to talk about the mental health benefits of being outdoors and announced the next phase in the park’s plan to restore public access to more roads and picnic areas.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about the need for a comprehensive, bipartisan approach to developing protocols for viruses such as COVID-19. The chairman’s remarks were in response to Senator Dick Durbin ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Washington Examiner . Shay Hawkins. May 18, 2020. As his committee began drafting the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch had three central goals: to make the tax code fairer, simpler, and less burdensome at every level of income. …. One of the strongest provisions...
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) commended the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the release of the FAA’s Action Plan in response to the Official...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner was sentenced on May 18, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, the Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chair of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Embezzled over $154,000 from teachers union.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: In early March, a series of large tornadoes touched down in Tennessee, killing 25 people and injuring more than 300. Later in the month, tornadoes also struck in Arkansas and several other states. Natural disasters such as these, along with manmade and technological disasters (e.g., oil spills, chemical...
