News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on January 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration ’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee or DAC.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) saw an increase in passenger volume in New England during the end-of-year holiday travel period. TSA officers screened more than 470,000 people at New England’s six largest airports from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: For many people, the annual Nobel Prize announcement is the only time of the year that they consider the role that discovery science plays in their lives. They use the results of that science every day, from electronics to medicine, but aren’t aware of the underlying research that created the foundation for those technologies – including amazing stories of human achievement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on January 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that the Northern District of Ohio office collected $28,603,085.75 in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020). Of this amount, $21,612,213.13 was collected in civil actions, and $6,990,872.62 was collected in criminal actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Jawhar Baruti Jones, 41, of Charleston, pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Romney Christopher Ellis (57, Indianapolis) to 4 years and 10 months in federal prison for making threats and mailing a dead animal using the U.S. Mail. The court also ordered Ellis not to have contact with any of the victims associated with the case.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old federal inmate has been sentenced for his role in the murder of a fellow prisoner in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (H.R. 26), introduced by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), passed the U.S. House of Representatives with unanimous, bipartisan support. Ranking Member Comer applauded House passage in the statement below.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Marine Evolutions, Inc. (MEI) to provide services at Belle Haven Marina, along the Potomac River, in Alexandria for the next 10 years. Belle Haven Marina is located adjacent to Dyke Marsh, a tidal freshwater marsh and unique resource within the Potomac River. The marina provides access to the Potomac River and is one of three marinas along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2021 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase an additional $1.5 billion worth of food for nationwide distribution through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. In total, USDA has distributed more than 132 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Parsonsfield man was sentenced today in federal court for distributing fentanyl and possessing it with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Maylen Crayton, II, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: The United States Mint has released the final quarter in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. In 2010, they began issuing 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites. Released on January 4, 2021 the final coin honors Tuskegee Airmen National Historic...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Crook, Lincoln and Sublette counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: Today, Acting DHS Secretary Chad F. Wolf participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking event for the Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS), a $5 million U.S.-funded regional training facility, with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides. CYCLOPS was established in September ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2021
News Release: Final Rule increases opportunities for SNAP participants to gain employment (Washington, D.C., January 4, 2021) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a final rule enhancing employment and training opportunities for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants.
