News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The final sentence of seven defendants in the April 2018 illegal entry and vandalism of Submarine Base Kings Bay draws to a close three years of investigation and criminal prosecution.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved nearly $9.5 billion to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in September 2020, representing the largest funding allocation in the history of the federal agency's Public Assistance program under the FEMA Accelerated Awards Strategy (FAASt).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) announced the list of participants for their forum on President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The participants who will be joining members of the Committee will be focusing on the devastating impacts President Biden’s decision on the pipeline will have on jobs and workers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-On the heels of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declaring racism a serious public health threat, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) penned a piece on Congress’ responsibility to address the interconnected issues of health, economic, and racial inequities. In his piece, published in Health Affairs, the Chairman wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Kenneth D. Bell ordered Ishmeel Qyshawn Chapman, 20, of Charlotte, to serve 16 years in prison and three years of supervised release, on charges stemming from the April 2020 armed robbery of a Dollar General store, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: STCC Shays’ Rebellion website serves as valuable resource for schools, historians.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - An Ashland man accused of hitting another man in the head with a rifle pleaded guilty to an assault charge today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today moved to intervene in a disability discrimination lawsuit that private plaintiffs with visual disabilities brought against the City of Chicago under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). The department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A California man today admitted his role in a large-scale conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores in 19 states and to then use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the bank accounts of those customers, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: COVID vaccines are becoming widely available and President Biden has promised all American adults will be eligible for a vaccine by May, so why is the Biden administration continuing to push a sweeping and rigid COVID-19 regulation in EVERY workplace in America?
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 – Starting with the May 12, 2021 release (issue No. 612), the following changes will be made to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report: * U.S. Soybeans and Products Supply and Use (page 15): “Biofuel” will replace “Biodiesel” in the soybean oil section, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 – In response to worsening drought conditions in the West, including in areas like the Klamath River Basin, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack released the following statement: “Water is a sacred resource essential to feeding families, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: As tax filing season continues, the Department of Justice's Tax Division reminds taxpayers to pay careful attention to their reporting and filing obligations and to timely pay all taxes due. Willfully filing false tax returns or deliberately evading paying taxes are serious criminal offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed Wednesday in Denver charging a Colorado man with stealing nearly $300,000 in government funds from three different COVID relief programs and with making false statements in connection with bankruptcy proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department today moved to intervene in a disability discrimination lawsuit that private plaintiffs with visual disabilities brought against the City of Chicago under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). The department’s proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: A New York woman pleaded guilty today to illegally removing and disposing of asbestos.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: Consent prohibition against Blake King Former employee of Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri, Unionville, Missouri Misappropriation of customer funds The Missouri Bank, Warrenton, Missouri Flood insurance violations, civil money penalty Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced a final rule that makes technical, clarifying updates to the Federal Open Market Committee's rules describing its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) procedures. The final rule is generally similar to the proposal from October 2020, with a few changes in response to public comments.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on a proposal to automate non-merger-related adjustments to member banks' subscriptions to Federal Reserve Bank capital stock. The automated process would eliminate the need for member banks to file applications to adjust their stock subscriptions—except in the context of mergers—and would significantly reduce the annual reporting burden.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend best wishes and heartfelt concern to the people of Burma for Burma’s New Year, Thingyan.
