News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $28 Million in Infrastructure Grants to New York Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Brazilian National Charged with Paying Bribes in Exchange for Contracts

News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was arrested today and charged in connection with paying bribes to receive contracts for work at a collegiate institution in New York.


Riverton Man Pleads Guilty To Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Justin Peck, 47, of Riverton, entered a plea of guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business in federal court in Utah recently, admitting that he owned several companies that were operating as unlicensed money transmitting businesses from as early as 2012 through sometime in 2019.


Natchez National Historical Park develops Visitor Services Strategy

News Release: Help Shape the Future. Visitor Experience at Natchez National Historical Park!. We need your input! Natchez National Historical Park is developing a Visitor Services Strategy to assess the type and quality of services that are offered to park visitors and to consider possible future services like tours...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Shakopee Man Charged With Being An Armed Career Criminal In Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging MICHAEL ALLEN BURRELL, 40, with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. BURRELL was ordered to remain in custody following a detention and arraignment hearing held today before Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Make a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 24-count indictment charging six defendants with narcotics conspiracy, a conspiracy that ultimately led to the deaths of three individuals, and the burning of their bodies. Named in the indictment are.


News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - Two Texas men have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $666,666 Infrastructure Grant to Marshall Islands International Airport

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Chair Grijalva on Forest Service Oil and Gas Deregulation Proposal: The Trump Administration is Giving Away Our Public Lands as Fast as Possible

News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) publication of a proposed deregulation of oil and gas development on National Forest System lands.


News Release: Michigan Man Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud.


University Athletic Officials Charged in Superseding Indictment in College Admissions Case

News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Massachusetts returned a second superseding indictment today bringing additional charges against two university athletic officials in the college admissions case.


News Release: Convicted Felon Found in Possession of Firearms During Multiple Traffic Stops.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: Coordinated law enforcement efforts against cartel connected traffickers bringing fentanyl, meth and heroin into Western Washington.


SSOCC Hearing Wrap Up: Congress Must Extend Job-Saving Program

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSOCC) on the Trump Administration’s response to rebuild our economy. Earlier today, SSOCC Republicans released a report on the Paycheck Protection Program, finding...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Phillip Cline, Jr., age 39, of Elkton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making threatening interstate communications. Cline admitted that during a recorded phone conversation with an employee of an auto loan business, Cline threatened to physically harm the employee, whom he described using racial epithets.


News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that the Trump administration’s draft final rule providing a $177 million giveaway to producers of soda ash - an industry whose output has grown in the United States by about 1 percent per year since 1998 - is a perfect example of everything wrong with the president’s environmental and economic policies.