News from April 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the full committee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing for non-committee Members to testify about their infrastructure priorities.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that young adults under the age of 25 experiencing homelessness will now be able to receive meals at emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Under normal circumstances, USDA only reimburses...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online wild horse adoption event April 27-May 4, 2021, featuring approximately 35 wild horses gentled by inmate trainers at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton, Wyoming. The horses are saddle-started and halter-started, and come from herd management areas throughout Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the final results of the April 2021 Federal Grand Jury A. The announcement for the partial Results of the April 2021 Federal Grand Jury A can be found here.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM - The National Park Service plans to complete the Cajete Meadow prescribed burn within Valles Caldera National Preserve during the week of April 12th, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky.- Quinn R. Turner, 32, of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in an internet-based loan scam that defrauded nearly 1,700 owners and prospective owners of small businesses out of $1,076,000, and for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Another member of the violent international street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is set to appear in federal court for his alleged role in a 2018 murder, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud, joined by Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Ranking Member James Comer, and Rep. Katie Porter, released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Anjan Ghosh Tagore, age 48, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for receipt of child pornography and 18 months in federal prison for violating his supervised release from...
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: This morning, at 9:14 a.m., a local resident reported finding a body of a male on a Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach, between the villages of Salvo and Avon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Terron, age 38, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for five bank robberies, including one that resulted in a high-speed chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - The former superintendent of Houston Gateway Academy has been ordered to federal prison after taking more than a ¼ million dollars, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: HOPKINS, SC - Congaree National Park will be offering the public opportunities to view the park’s fireflies on May 20-22 and May 27-29, 2021. In order to protect the health of visitors, staff, volunteers and community partners, viewing will be limited to 25 vehicles per night. Tickets, which will be available through a lottery system hosted at www.recreation.gov/ticket/facility/300008, will be required to enter the park in the evenings on those dates.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $5 million in scholarships and fellowships for students across the country pursuing degrees in nuclear energy and engineering. These awards through the Office of Nuclear Energy’s Integrated University Program will invest...
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Vice Lead Republican Ann Wagner (R-MO) and International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee Lead Republican Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) visited the southern U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - At approximately 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 8th, Big Bend National Park received reports of a column of smoke on the southern edge of the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains. A small crew of firefighters quickly began to hike into the remote area, and air reconnaissance from Texas Forest Service was tasked from Alpine, TX to assess the location and extent of the fire.
