News from February 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - This week the House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021 (PRRADA ), an amendment to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). The legislation - introduced by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Natural...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed passage of the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act, a package of Natural Resources Committee bills that includes Grijalva’s Grand Canyon Protection Act; Rep. Joe Neguse’s (D-Colo.) Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act; and a collection of bills introduced in the last Congress as a package by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) under the heading Protecting America’s Wilderness Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act. Below are her remarks, as prepared for delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: A federal judge in Austin sentenced 29-year-old four-time convicted felon Patrell Sanders to 42 months imprisonment for illegally possessing a loaded Kel-Tec 9 mm pistol, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Devon Lamar Lockridge, 34, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Lockridge was previously charged as a result of a traffic stop in the city of Beckley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Derrick Weatherbe, 29, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with arson related to an incident which occurred during the violent civil unrest in late May of last year. The defendant made his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $27,500 civil penalty against an airline passenger for allegedly interfering with and assaulting a flight attendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - MD Food, the owner of a Subway franchise in Crescent Springs, Kentucky (“MD Food"), will pay $1,000 to a complainant and modify its policies and practices, to ensure access for individuals with disabilities using a service animal, as part of a civil settlement agreement with the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Defendant planned to carry out act of domestic terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chi Lung Winsman Ng, aka Winsman Ng, 64, a Chinese businessman residing in Hong Kong, was indicted yesterday for conspiring to steal General Electric’s (GE) trade secrets involving the company’s silicon carbide MOSFET technology worth millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that a federal jury in Lincoln, Nebraska, returned guilty verdicts today against Tawhyne Patterson, Sr. and Damon Williams. Patterson and Williams, both of Lincoln, were convicted of: two counts of attempted interference with commerce by robbery; using and carrying...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Chandler, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with two counts of robbery of a United States Postal Service employee, and one count of kidnapping. The defendant made his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon and was detained pending trial.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
Release: In October 2018, the world was horrified by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a long-term resident of the United States, in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Individuals should be able to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms without fear of government retribution,...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a motion to recommit (MTR) on H.R. 803, the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act. Westerman issued the following statement.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: The FAA is accepting applications nationwide from people with experience in controlling air traffic, such as former civilian and military controllers. The application period is Feb. 26 - Mar. 2, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Texas homeowners and renters in 18 additional counties who suffered damage from the winter storm that recently struck Texas may now apply for disaster assistance with FEMA.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Rocky Mountain District Fire staff recently completed two large fuels reduction projects in Chaffee County. Both projects are the result of many years of fuels reduction efforts designed to reduce fire risk to homes, lessen the impacts of future wildfires, and improve habitat for wildlife.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. retired after three decades of public service. Franklin joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama in 1990 as an Assistant United States Attorney. Over the years that followed, he rose from a line AUSA...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: If CBO is Right, Democrats Should Prioritize Jobs and Crushing Covid.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced the release of a video highlighting the Smokies Hikes for Healing program. In response to social unrest across the country in 2020, Park Superintendent Cassius Cash initiated the program to provide a space for people to have open conversations about racism...
