News from April 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, congratulated West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC) after U.S. ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - An innovative public-private partnership continues to grow after a nuclear innovation company recently announced additional work in Oak Ridge that will generate increased taxpayer savings while helping accelerate cancer treatment research.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's Full Committee hearing titled "Rural Broadband - Examining Internet Connectivity Needs and Opportunities in Rural America"...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Sewalson hid his gun and scattered meth around his apartment when confronted by police.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Spring is here, and so is a regional celebration of ecology, Spring Nature Fling (formerly known as New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend). Now expanded throughout April and May, this annual event highlights the wonders of nature in central Appalachia. Join guided hikes with rangers...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office announces the temporary closure of the Virgin River corridor from June 16 through July 3 each year in 2021 and 2022. Notice of the temporary, short-term closure was published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Under the authority of 36 CFR 1.5(a), the Superintendent will temporarily close a portion of the Marquette Trail at Indiana Dunes National Park so a work project can be completed safely.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Today the Justice Department announced a settlement agreement with the Coolidge Unified School District to resolve the department’s investigation into the school district’s programs for its English learner students. The department’s investigation of the district found system-wide failures to provide ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Stone Canyon Industry Holdings LLC (Stone Canyon) and its portfolio company SCIH Salt Holdings Inc. (SCIH), which was previously named Kissner Group Holdings LP, will divest their entire evaporated salt business in order to proceed with their proposed acquisition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned a superseding indictment charging two Texas men with conspiring to fix prices by lowering rates paid to certain health care workers and then conspiring and endeavoring to obstruct a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation of their conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: A Richmond, Virginia, tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents and statements made in court, Willette J. Holland owned Tax Professionals, a return preparation firm located in Richmond, Virginia. In August 2014, the IRS contacted Holland because she did not ...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: On Apr. 19, the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Congo entered into force.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State fully supports the Department of the Treasury’s announcement today on the revocation of the Belarus-related General License (GL) and implementation of a 45-day wind down of transactions. This action is a further consequence of the Belarusian authorities’ flagrant disregard for human rights and Belarus’ failure to comply with its obligations under international human rights law.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar today to reaffirm the importance of the U.S.-India relationship and cooperation on regional security issues. Secretary Blinken and Minister Jaishankar ...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And Will, thank you for a wonderful introduction. And thank you for lending us this absolutely spectacular setting and backdrop – certainly the best setting and backdrop I’ve had in my brief tenure as Secretary. And thanks so much to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for your lasting commitment to save the Bay.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: The United States expresses its deep concern over Russia’s plans to block foreign naval ships and state vessels in parts of the Black Sea, including near occupied Crimea and the Kerch Strait. Russia has a history of taking aggressive actions against Ukrainian vessels and impeding access to Ukraine’s ...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke today with Mongolian Foreign Minister B. Battsetseg. The Secretary reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Mongolia Strategic Partnership. The Secretary thanked the Foreign Minister for Mongolia’s commitment to peace, ...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: State Department Travel Advisory Updates In order to provide U.S. travelers detailed and actionable information to make informed travel decisions, the Department of State regularly assesses and updates our Travel Advisories, based primarily on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: KELLOGG, ID – Subcontractors on a federally funded Superfund project in Kellogg failed to pay workers all the wages they earned, until a U.S. Department of Labor investigation recovered $91,116 in back wages and benefits for 79 employees. The department’s Wage and Hour Division found subcontractors working ...
