News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two Columbus men were sentenced in U.S. District Court for their roles in the March 2020 armed robbery of a local pawn shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: United States Reaches Agreement with Midwest Can for Clean Air Act Violations.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to provide the public with an opportunity to provide input on proposed changes to the Superintendent's Compendium for Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 19, 2021 - A criminal complaint obtained today, charged James Edward Cowan, aka James Edward Lillard, 28, of Nashville, with federal firearms and drug offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Cowan was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm; possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Jan. 15, 2021 a grand jury indicted BRANDON WALL, age 42, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, for criminal conduct related to oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is sharing Guidance for Preparing Proposals to Exempt Plants with Additional Modifications from regulation under the Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE) rule. On August ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The former chief financial officer of a suburban IT consulting firm has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly embezzling more than $1.3 million in company funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 12, 2021, U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Jerry Lee Olson (age: 63) to six months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release after Olson pled guilty to unlawfully transferring...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Trump Administration's rollback of the Obama-Biden Clean Power Plan.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIONTE WILSON, 25, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The founders of an Edinburg hospice and related home health agency have paid to resolve allegations they submitted claims to Medicare that resulted from unlawful referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Other Executives Charged and Sentenced in Same Construction Kickback Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet virtually at 1 pm on Monday, Feb 1. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote to outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today requesting that the agency rescind a batch of letters it sent to states earlier this month attempting to make it harder for the incoming Biden Administration to reverse illegal and harmful Medicaid changes championed by the Trump Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Sam Graves (R-MO), and Republican Leader of the House Committee on Natural Resources Bruce Westerman (R-AR) issued the following statements regarding President-elect Biden’s reported plan to revoke the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: After completing an assessment of potential environmental impacts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Space Florida’s application for a commercial space Reentry Site Operator License (RSOL) at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in Titusville, Fla.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman initiated the second annual allocation of $120 million from the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund for Indian water rights settlements. The allocation will provide important funding for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project and the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Agreement in New Mexico and the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement in Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against DAYTON CHARLES SAUKE, 22, charging him with possessing an unregistered firearm. SAUKE was taken into federal custody on Jan. 15, 2021, and will make his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote to outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today requesting that the agency rescind a batch of letters it sent to states earlier this month attempting to make it harder for the incoming Biden Administration to reverse illegal and harmful Medicaid changes championed by the Trump Administration.
