News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of Hawaii in combating the Mana Road Fire burning in Hawaii County.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Biden’s Crippling Tax Hikes on Middle Class and Main Street Reverse America’s Economic Strength After Tax Reform".
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the Department of Justice’s partisan decision telling Treasury to release former President Trump’s tax returns to the Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man has been charged in federal court based on allegations that he orchestrated schemes to defraud Rhode Island businesses and a Massachusetts foundation of tens of thousands of dollars by depositing fraudulent checks drawn on the entities and quickly withdrawing the funds before it was determined by the banks that the checks were bogus, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: AUBURN, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management are collaborating through a five-year agreement to reduce wildland fire threats in the popular Auburn State Recreation Area in El Dorado and Placer counties. This agreement includes projects to construct fuel breaks, remove hazard trees, and reduce brush.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Paramus, New Jersey, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court in relation to a charge of making restricted information publicly available, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this evening’s on-background call to discuss Secretary Blinken’s participation at various ministerial-level events taking place this week related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced plans to take emergency action to save imperiled animals and prevent widespread thirst and mortality in wild horse and burro herds as drought intensifies across most of the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jared Collins (28, Pasco County) to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death. Collins had pleaded guilty on April 27, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A Rio Grande City man and ranking member of the Texas Chicano Brotherhood (TxCB) organization has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A federal district court judge convicted a Northeast Harbor man today of failing to register as a sex offender following a half-day bench trial, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Flat Rock, NC - Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer monthly Sandburg Sing-alongs beginning in August. The Sing-alongs celebrate the Sandburg family’s love of music and singing. Musicians will lead the audience in familiar songs, with lyrics provided. Sing-alongs will be held in the park’s amphitheater and are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota, man who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 28, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following person was arraigned today on an indictment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto in Missoula. The indictment is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
Release: By the Western Regional Office. Food and Nutrition Service. The first week of August, farmers markets across the nation celebrate National Farmers Market Week, highlighting their role in supporting healthy communities, food systems and stimulating local economies. Throughout the pandemic, farmers markets...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 30, 2021, Pablo Ramirez-Hernandez, age 35, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment followed by one-year of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: DALLAS ‒ A worker cleaning the inside of a tank trailer in Pasadena in December 2019 fell victim to hazardous vapors, as did a co-worker who attempted rescue. Months later, in August 2020, two cleaning workers entered a natural gas tanker on a railcar in Hugo, Oklahoma and fell victim to its vapors. Four lives were lost in the tank cleaning industry in less than a year - and part of a troubling trend of preventable workplace deaths in the region.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Mike Rounds (R-SD), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: The Numbers in Biden’s Invasive Tax Gap Plan Don’t Add Up.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Friant Water Authority announced today a 30-day public comment period for a repayment contract related to costs of extraordinary operation and maintenance work on the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project.
