News from August 2021
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee voted to advance Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Mr. Robert Bonnie to be Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Muse Muse Was Arrested in January 2019 at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Attempting to Board his First Flight to Somalia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Tekia Middleton (41, Bradenton) to 18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government funds. As part of Middleton’s sentence, the court also ordered Middleton to pay restitution in the amount of $51,755 and, separately, entered a forfeiture money judgment against her in the amount of $51,755, the proceeds of the offense.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Sam Walsh by voice vote last night to serve as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: ELMIRA, N.Y. - A Potter County, Pennsylvania, man was prevented from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight when Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected the gun in his carry-on bag at Elmira Corning Regional Airport on Sunday, August 8.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Desiree Brianna Bello, 27, of Contra Costa County, pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud and possession of stolen U.S. mail, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BAKER, NV - Great Basin National Park will be conducting a rotenone treatment at Baker Lake on September 1st 2021 to remove non-native fish species. The treatment will restore habitat for the native Bonneville cutthroat trout which will be released in Baker Lake in 2023. The project is being conducted in cooperation with the Nevada Division of Wildlife.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: DENVER - This afternoon, FEMA authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Richard Spring Fire burning in Rosebud County, Mont.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined David Asman on Fox Business to warn that Democrats voting for President Biden’s $5 trillion economic agenda, will increase taxes on working families and small businesses, while making America less competitive.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Following a grueling training and instruction regimen, the Hanford Site graduated five new members of an elite law enforcement squad that protects the site from potential security threats.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation that makes significant investments in West Virginia and our nation's core infrastructure. Ranking Member Capito served as the Republican floor manager throughout the debate process.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Brown University to Ensure Equal Access for Students with Mental Health Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Strike Force Investigation Resulted in the Seizure of More Than $722,000 in Cash, Enough Fentanyl to Kill More Than 200,000 People, Kilograms of Cocaine, and Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, and Firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Ways and Means Committee Member Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) announced that he will retire at the end of the 117th Congress...
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: More information about Ecuador is available on the Ecuador Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, August 9, 2021, Timothy Jerome Russell, 43, from Montgomery, Alabama, was convicted by a federal jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: The Defendants Were Convicted of Obstructing a Federal Civil Rights Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $9.7 million in grants to assist 20 preservation projects for historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 10 states.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) has awarded two construction subcontracts worth about $9.5 million to Richland-based DGR Grant Construction Inc. to progress critical risk-reduction work along the Columbia River at the Hanford Site.
