News from December 2021
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2021
News Release: Join a ranger for a hike through Indiana Dunes National Park’s exceptional Miller Woods on Sundays, Dec. 12, and 19, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, starting from Paul H. Douglas Center. The hike follows the Paul H. Douglas Trail and is spectacular in its varied habitats including globally rare black oak...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released updated text of the Finance Committee’s title of the Build Back Better Act. The updated text includes both technical and policy changes, as well as modifications to ensure compliance with Senate budget rules.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I congratulate the people of Burkina Faso as you celebrate your 61st National Day.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed to block the Biden Administration’s rule implementing a law Senator Murray passed to ban surprise bills.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Japan, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati, and Republic of Nauru.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2021
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to advancing equity, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking input through a Request for Information (RFI) from transit agencies, transit planners and especially those who ride and use transit systems regarding improving equitable access to public transportation nationwide.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2021
The right to vote is foundational to our democracy, and the Justice Department is charged with protecting that right.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and a migrant previously convicted of murder.On Dec. 2, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested a group of 21 migrants near Hidalgo.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2021
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the City of Memphis to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. The City of Memphis is invited to apply for a $44 million WIFIA loan to go towards stormwater upgrades.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information (RFI) on technologies ready to be demonstrated that reduce carbon emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four people, including a licensed physician, have been charged for their roles in an international telemedicine health care fraud and kickback scheme involving compound medications and durable medical equipment, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of several pieces of legislation to condemn the human rights violations and genocide currently being committed by the Chinese Communist Party, and to hold them accountable for these atrocities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ricardo Torres, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted today at trial of illegally possessing a firearm when he knew was prohibited from doing so because he had been previously convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Capital Punishment, 2020 - Statistical Tables. This report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death in 2020, state and federal death penalty laws in 2020 and historical trends in executions. It...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety has been awarded the nation’s first Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program grant award. FEMA will provide $171,700 in BRIC program funding to update hazard mitigation plans for the Minnesota counties of Jackson, Kittson, Marshall, Pope and Red Lake.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two Newark men have admitted their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy based in Newark.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, which allows Texas’ SB8-the most extreme and harsh abortion ban in the United States-to remain in effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A federal jury today convicted Alejandro Garlynn Williams, 40, of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, finding him guilty of all counts in the indictment against him.
