News from April 2021
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at their work day’s end. That’s 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today blasted President Joe Biden for signing an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 by March 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police Officer pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with committing over $20,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence warehouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - Three Dayton men have admitted in federal court that they conspired to steal 58 firearms from Target World in Sharonville in June 2018.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: MS KENEWENDO: A very good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. We are very pleased to be with you this afternoon on our side, and I am being joined by several YALI alumni, so the Young African Leaders Initiative. And they are all looking forward to engaging with you on how best we can strengthen U.S.-Africa...
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. This week, Secretary Blinken is joining YALI alumni and members of the YALI Network on his virtual trip to Kenya and Nigeria.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at their work day's end. That's 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation's employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - A typical day for the surveillance and maintenance crew at EM ’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) might begin with cleaning and sanitizing common areas and end with fixing a door, moving offices, changing a light bulb, or operating a tractor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bradley Boisen, age 25, of Waterford, New York, appeared in court today on a charge that he attempted to pay $60 to an adult in order to have sex with a 14-year-old child.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning for its first hearing on the climate crisis since 2009. It comes right on the heels of President Biden’s announcement of an ambitious new climate goal: cutting emissions at least in half by the end of the decade compared to 2005 levels. That target comes with a lot of big challenges, starting with energy-related emissions, as well as transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging SETH ANDREW with wire fraud, money...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found Jack Lee Guffey, 60, guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury returned their verdict following 45 minutes of deliberating on Tuesday afternoon after trial began on Monday and continued with testimony on Tuesday. United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr., presided over the trial, and Judge Moody will sentence Guffey, of Shirley, at a later date.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: CLANTON, Ala. - Homeowners and renters who suffered damage from the March 25-26, 2021 severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in in Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph and Shelby counties should apply to FEMA for federal disaster assistance as soon as possible. Survivors may be eligible to receive assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from the tornado.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is the U.S. Government’s signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Since 2010, YALI has graduated more than 24,000 alumni from the Mandela Washington Fellowship exchange program and its four Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs) located across the continent, while membership in the online YALI Network community numbers over 700,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: The defendant faces charges of fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, ND ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at their work day’s end. That’s 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Tennessee man today admitted using a company’s bank information to pay off personal debts, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Springfield, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on a proposal to conduct salvage harvest within the Holiday Farm Fire area, located approximately 20 miles east of Springfield in Lane County.
