News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.7 million grant to the town of Plymouth, New Hampshire, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses in the Downtown Commercial District from flooding. This EDA grant will be matched with $675,000 in local investment.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: Mr. Kerry: I’ll begin by saying I’ve had a terrific visit. Really productive. And I look forward to having a chance to have a dialogue with you and take your questions, et cetera.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SD - Jewel Cave National Monument is celebrating National Park Week, April 17-25, by hosting a free bat house building activity in partnership with the Black Hills Parks and Forests Association on Saturday, April 17, at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Florida man with assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer using his skateboard.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE LYNN GSCHLECHT, formerly known as Richard Gschlecht, 51, last residing in New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possessing images of child sexual abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the County of Tuolumne, California, to create a guiding document on the development of broadband in the five-county Central Sierra region.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, today praised the Biden administration for swiftly making effective a final rule to reform the organ procurement system in the United States, which has had a well-documented series of errors in recent years.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Lake City Gateway Airport, Lake City, Florida, to retrofit two city-owned, World War II era hangars...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: After much thought and consideration, the National Park Service and Diversified Events have canceled this year’s National Independence Day Parade due to logistics and planning limitations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NATALIE BARTON, age 41, of Mandeville, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 7, 2021 by United States District Judge Lance M. Africk after previously pleading guilty to one count of misbranding prescription drugs, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a) and 333(a)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting proposals on a full and open basis from all interested businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) website at.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, Yadkinville, North Carolina, to install fiber-optic cable across Davie County. This EDA grant will be matched with $485,729 in local investment.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Drone pilots who have Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification can now take their required training courses online. The training ensures that they have the knowledge necessary to operate in accordance with the Operations Over People rule when it becomes effective on April 21, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the...
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: India Today: Hello, I’m Raj Chengappa and we are delighted that Mr. John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, is speaking exclusively to India Today on his mission to India, a very important mission, Mr. Kerry.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, to convert a historic downtown building into a technology accelerator. This EDA project, to be matched with $1.1 million in local funds, is expected to create 139 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell announcement today that Alexsander Padro, 28, of Methuen, MA was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to eight years in prison and four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Corey Allen Tucker, 25, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury indicted Tucker in September 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation resulted in a 480-month federal prison sentence on Wednesday for an individual guilty of committing child exploitation offenses involving a nine-month-old child.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry traveled to India this week and met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They discussed U.S.-India cooperation on addressing the climate crisis and raising global ambition heading into President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate April 22-23, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, and beyond.
