News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District, Port Arthur, Texas, to construct a new cargo handling, staging,...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss - A Natchez man pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Diana Xiong, 39, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 90 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on April 28 to 21 months in prison and to five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A provision authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect our nation’s public water information technology systems has passed the Senate as part of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, which authorizes $35 billion to invest in our nation’s crumbling water infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Boaz Salmon Bratton-Bey, age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for federal bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges. Judge Russell...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Bears are once again active in Sitka, and bear footprints have been reported in Sitka National Historical Park. In anticipation of the bears’ return park staff have worked on a new bear plan intended to better and more consistently advise people on park trails of recent bear activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County woman pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces that the United States has obtained a final civil judgment ordering the forfeiture of $8,417,261.38 in proceeds from bank fraud and money laundering offenses related to COVID Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 150 months in prison for using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, carjacking and conspiring to commit carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for cocaine possession and attempting to launder money to Colombia.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing states with $1.135 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act to support and enhance their administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) at a time when millions of Americans are struggling to put food on their tables. This is a unique opportunity for states to maximize the impact of SNAP now and into the future.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $8.35 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Tracy, California, to make transportation infrastructure improvements needed to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Fraudulently Obtained Approximately $15 Million in Loans to Purchase Hotels and Multifamily Residential Property Resulting in Losses of More Than $3.5 Million to Small Local Bank.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
Release: More information about Nigeria is available on the Nigeria Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Congressional Democrats’ socialist “infrastructure" schemes include a government takeover of our health care system which could kick Americans out of their private and employer-based health insurance, create socialist drug price controls, increase taxes and Medicare costs, reduce workforce participation, and shrink the number of people financing the Medicare program.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: REGION 1 - FEMA recently awarded a $1,972,612 grant to the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) for the state’s Emergency Feeding Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Marshals-led Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with the Metropolitan Police Department, is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted in connection to a murder investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: O’Fallon, Ill. - Jason Spengler (45), of O’Fallon, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to one count of.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Today we are holding a hearing on a subject that we all agree is of critical importance to the United States: our nation’s infrastructure.
