News from February 2021
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Towson, MD-Starting this month, the Park will embark on a major restoration project to stabilize the cupola at Hampton National Historic Site. The cupola -an octagonal, dome-like structure located on the top of the mansion, borrows from the Baroque style and was a rare addition to a private residence in the 18th century, when cupolas were mainly used for government buildings.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Building Back Better: The Urgent Need for Investment in America’s Wastewater Infrastructure." This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee in the 117th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s jobs report for the month of January...
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland handed up a six-count superseding indictment charging Theodore Lutton, age 60, and Christine Lutton, 63, both of Rogers, Ohio, with various violations after law enforcement investigators search their property in October of 2020. Investigators found Theodore Lutton illegally in possession of 27 firearms, an explosive device and a deceased bald eagle, a violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott today demanding answers for the life-threatening winter weather crisis that has left Texans in the dark without power, heat, food, water, and medicine for multiple successive days.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a felony information charging MARYANN HELEN STOFFEL, 70, of Hastings, Minn., with one count of wire fraud. STOFFEL will make her initial appearance before a Judge in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Eight Co-Defendants Previously Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, and Crack Cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: At Gateway Arch National Park and Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, both located in St. Louis, and at Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park, located in Ste. Geneviève, Missouri, face masks are required in all park buildings and facilities for everyone ages 2 and older.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Razeek Carwheel, age 39, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 17, 2021, with possession of a firearm as a felon.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JEFFERY JOSEPH, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on Feb. 18, 2021 to 74 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe. He was the fourth defendant to be sentenced in this seven-defendant conspiracy case.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Biden administration announced the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Katmai National Park and Preserve (Katmai NP&P) is increasing access to camping at the Brooks Camp Campground by opening at a 25% capacity at the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office will oversee a controlled prescribed burn of roughly 200 piles to begin as soon as next week on approximately 20 acres in the Cameron Park Unit of the Pine Hill Preserve in El Dorado County. Burn operations may continue...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today that ROBERTO PEREZ RAMIREZ, the owner of a tax preparation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Tampa-Area Physician, Pharmacy, and Clinic Owners for Controlled Substances Act Violations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: MINERAL, CA- Lassen Volcanic National Park and its partner Lassen Park Foundation invite youth groups to apply for a grant to stay at Volcano Adventure Camp (VAC) this summer season. Lassen Park Foundation will accept applications for grants to cover the cost of a trip to the youth camping facility in Lassen Volcanic through March 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Skylar Dayne Goodman, age 19 of Fargo, ND, to four days’ incarceration followed by three years of supervised released for attempting to derail a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) questioned why the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) once again sent erroneous notices to taxpayers, causing unnecessary and confusing stress to nearly 260,000...
