News from November 2020
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its decision on the Pebble Mine Project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, denying the permit.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: A major restoration project is underway at Indiana Dunes National Park that will remove 25 structures and former roadbeds from areas though out the park. Work began September 16th and is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that, on Nov. 20, 2020, CURTIS EMILIEN, age 25 of Kenner, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922 and 924.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Nov. 19, 2020, through Jan. 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: “Thank you for holding this hearing today, Mr. Chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - David Wayne Aring, 49, formerly of Tallahassee, pled guilty on Monday, Nov. 23, to a federal charge of receipt of child pornography. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: An Arizona man pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ASHLY HOWARD (“HOWARD"), age 33, of LaPlace, Louisiana, was charged Nov. 24, 2020 by a Bill of Information for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641 and Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Brian Sanchez Chan, age 40, from Dededo, Guam, was sentenced in the United States District Court of Guam to 71 months imprisonment for Possession of Fifty or...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, woman, was arrested at her home today in connection with concealing sending money to a Syrian foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Appropriations Republican Leader Kay Granger (R-TX) in introducing H.R. 14, the Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)-Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos sent letters to the Members announcing the Department’s decision to postpone the 2021 administration of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Trump Administration finalized new rules regarding prescription drug pricing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Marcin Stanislaw Garbacz, age 42, an ordained priest assigned to the Catholic Diocese in Rapid City, South Dakota, was sentenced on Nov. 23, 2020 by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge, on fifty counts of Wire Fraud, nine counts of Money Laundering...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: Today, House Committee Chairs sent a letter to 61 federal agencies requesting information on conversions of political appointees to civil service positions during the Trump Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold its first meeting of the Southern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The public is welcome to participate in the meeting that will occur on Dec. 2, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., via Zoom videoconferencing. Members of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: Brady: Trump Price Transparency Rule “Major Step" for Consumer Rights.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $13.3 million grant to the city of Chico, California, to make roadway improvements needed to increase access to an airport and three major job centers. The EDA grant is expected to create 620 jobs, retain 200 jobs, and spur $26 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Shane Thompson, 46, of Rumney, pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
Release: More information about Armenia is available on the Armenia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
