News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Jessica Marie Rubio also was Ordered to Pay $273,755 in Restitution to 91 Victims in Michigan, Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded 9mm handgun and a magazine with 10 bullets onto an airplane at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Sunday.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) and the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority (LHVA), in consultation with our community partners, have cancelled the “Christmas in a Small Town" Santa Train.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Throughout the pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stood ready to assist communities across the nation in the fight against COVID-19.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it has delivered to Congress its priority list of deferred maintenance projects for Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) funding in fiscal year 2021. The GAOA will protect and enhance the economies of numerous gateway communities ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 884 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity CRYSTAL HILL, Va., Nov. 2, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Virginia. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new H2A Wage Rule, which delivers on President Trump’s promise to stabilize farm labor costs and reform the H-2A wage rate.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Trump administration has delivered prosperity for rural America (Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2020) – Today in a FOX Business op-ed , U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue highlighted the Trump Administration’s accomplishments over the past four years for America’s farmers and ranchers saying, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Holden Matthews, 23, was sentenced today in the Western District of Louisiana to 300 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for intentionally setting fire to three African-American Baptist churches because of the religious character of those buildings. Matthews was also ordered to pay restitution of $590,246 to St. Mary Baptist Church, $970,213.30 to Greater Union Baptist Church, and $1,100,000 to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) held its annual awards ceremony to highlight the past year’s achievements. The ceremony, which was conducted virtually via a video celebration, recognized the outstanding work of many of the division’s attorneys and staff in the realm of civil and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced that it has awarded more than $458 million in grant funding to support state, local, and tribal law enforcement efforts to fight and prevent violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: A Russian national was sentenced Oct. 30 to eight years in prison for his role in operating a sophisticated scheme to steal and traffic sensitive personal and financial information in the online criminal underground that resulted in an estimated loss of over $100 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced its plans for voting rights monitoring in jurisdictions around the country for the Nov. 3, 2020 general election. The Justice Department historically has monitored in jurisdictions in the field on election day, and is again doing so this year. The department will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: A New Jersey man was sentenced to 78 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the United States, filing false claims, and obstructing the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: A Florida resident pleaded guilty to conspiring to falsify clinical trial data regarding an asthma medication, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (Department of Labor) and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture) will be joining efforts to put American workers first in a post-coronavirus economic recovery initiative to help more families experience the benefits of work.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) revised the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it has with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the coordination functions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11246.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that updates the methodology for determining the annual Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) in the H-2A visa program.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
