News from August 2021
By Labor Gazette | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA – In November 2017, two railroad workers at a railyard in Waycross, Georgia, encountered and reported a blue flag that signaled their train could not move safely. For their actions, CSX Transportation Inc. pulled them from the job and later fired them, both actions found to be illegal in a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the establishment of the Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization to provide strategic leadership as the department works with state agencies and federal partners to modernize and reform the unemployment insurance system.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA – In November 2017, two railroad workers at a railyard in Waycross, Georgia, encountered and reported a blue flag that signaled their train could not move safely. For their actions, CSX Transportation Inc. pulled them from the job and later fired them, both actions found to be illegal in a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new monthly series of career workshops to provide employment assistance to spouses of transitioning military service members. Of the approximately 200,000 U.S. military service members who transition to civilian life annually, about half have ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the establishment of the Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization to provide strategic leadership as the department works with state agencies and federal partners to modernize and reform the unemployment insurance system.
By State News Post | Aug 31, 2021
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that ANGEL REYES-RODRIGUEZ, 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to unlawful possession and transfer of machineguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Casey Juan Jose, 42, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 27 months in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Jose previously pleaded guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 51-year-old resident of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has been ordered to federal prison for importing meth through Laredo, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area will host the seventh annual Big South Fork Photo Contest reception on Friday, September 3 in the lawn area next to Bandy Creek Visitor Center, located at 151 Stable Road, Oneida.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and unincorporated areas of Haskell County, Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of North Carolina pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bryan Bull, 40, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on Aug. 30 to two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: VALE, Ore. - Due to extreme drought conditions, the Bureau of Land Management Vale District will begin an emergency helicopter gather of wild horses within and immediately adjacent to the Barren Valley Complex beginning September 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An Auxvasse, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to growing marijuana and illegally possessing dozens of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Forty-seven individuals have been charged in six separate, but related, indictments with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations following a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: MINERAL, CA - The Dixie Fire continues to actively burn within Lassen Volcanic National Park. The fire has burned a total of 807,396 acres, which includes 59,087 of land within the park. While some structures are confirmed to be damaged or destroyed, firefighters have successfully leveraged the park’s previous and current fire and fuels management projects to preserve park resources and structures.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was initially granted last year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy until Dec. 31, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Nahledge Vaughn, 20, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
