News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: We are disturbed by reports that a Russian court sentenced Valentina Baranovskaya and her son, Roman Baranovsky, to terms of two and six years in a Russian penal colony, respectively, simply for being practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses. The sentencing of Valentina, a 69-year-old stroke victim, is particularly cruel. It also marks the first time a Russian court has sentenced a female Jehovah’s Witness.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to North Dakota State College of Science Foundation, Wahpeton, North Dakota, to build the Career Workforce Academy in Fargo. This EDA grant, to be matched with $4,840,139 in local investment, is expected to create 109 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced an amendment to apply the Hyde Amendment to the entire...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led Republicans on the House floor in opposing H.R. 803, the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act. Westerman issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Union City, Pennsylvania waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Folashade Adufe Horne, 51, of Laurel, Maryland, pled guilty on Feb. 17, 2021 in federal court to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than $370,000.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Enjoying the great outdoors is a wonderful and richly rewarding part of living in the West. Hiking and biking trails are abundant, and the scenery is stunning. However, when taking to the trails, it’s important to stay safe when encountering old mines - and there are a lot of old mines in the West. For...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider the nomination of Katherine Tai to be the United States Trade Representative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Anthony Meyers, an inmate at United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to possession of contraband, specifically a prison-made shank, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal for the new Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to be performed at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Good afternoon, Mr. Secretary. Thank you for this interview.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 5, the so called ‘Equality’ Act, a partisan ploy that undermines the constitutional religious freedoms guaranteed to all Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - An inmate in the Georgia Department of Corrections system has pleaded guilty to conspiritng to distribute methamphetamine from prison, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL JAQUEZ, 36, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 192 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in the murder of a Connecticut man in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Bioventus, LLC, a global medical technology company, has agreed to pay the government $3,609,087.00 to resolve allegations that Bioventus violated the False Claims Act by submitting improperly completed certificates of medical necessity (CMN) for medically unnecessary devices from Oct. 1, 2012 through Dec. 31, 2018, U.S. Attorney Matthew G. T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced Pamela A. Smith has been named the new Chief of the United States Park Police (USPP). Smith, a 23-year veteran of the USPP, becomes the first African American woman to lead the 230-year-old agency. She will begin her new role on February 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Tyson Farrell, 26, of Redding, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: A Sioux City man who sold methamphetamine, oxycodone, and fentanyl was sentenced Feb. 23, 2021, to more than 8 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Outdoor experiences provided refuge from the pandemic for 237 million visitors to America’s national parks in 2020. The number represents a 28% decrease from the previous year due largely to temporary park closures and restrictions implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
