News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD, NH - Thomas Fall, 44, of Rochester, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Maurice Woodson, 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine; one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death; and one count of witness tampering. Woodson appeared today before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted the plea.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold a series of hearings on child welfare and reopening schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Demarcus Deandre Jackson, 32, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 40 months (3 years, 4 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Two Doctors Charged in Illegal Opioid Distribution and Health Care Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Preston Elliott, 25, of Dover, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser and Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers, for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, announced that Johnny Guillory, Sr., 72, of Opelousas, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count indictment by a federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Procurement Integrity Act and making false statements to federal agents.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Reauthorizing Trade Adjustment Assistance: Opportunities for Equitable Access and Modernization" on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at 10:00 AM EST.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - A federal jury has found Xavier Sims (36, Ocala) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - R&W Builders, Inc. (R&W) of O’Fallon, Illinois, has agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently obtaining construction contracts reserved for disadvantaged small businesses, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: LYNCHBURG, Va.- A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville has indicted five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Labor Department’s moves to ensure access to jobless benefits...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC), Chanute, Kansas, to establish the Southeast Kansas Impact Center for Wellness, Education, and Business. This EDA grant, to be matched with $650,000 in local investment, is expected to create 256 jobs and generate $45 million in private investment.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's oversight hearing on the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer 2021. Locally, TSA is looking to fill positions at Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG)'s request for the Biden Administration to reconsider the Trump Administration's refusal to adequately ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the...
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: Thank you Jaakob and Dr. Babak for the very kind introductions and for the invitation to speak with you today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
