News from June 2021
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Spaceport Camden project in Camden County, Ga.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to Merced Community College District, Merced, California, to renovate a Merced College campus building that houses workforce development...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Mimbres, NM, June 16, 2021 - Acting Park Superintendent Jerome Flood announces the reopening of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument effective Thursday, June 17 at 09:00 a.m. As the Johnson Fire is cooling down on the eastern portion of the fire, fire managers have determined that the risk to the public is minimal and visitors can safely visit the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to Fort Benton, Montana, to provide transportation, water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to support development of a new...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a two-day trial, a federal jury has convicted Carl Clarke, 31, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - An Athens, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson sentenced Justin K. Wilcox, aka Justin Kaanoi, aka Ali’i, 39, of Kailua, Hawaii, today to concurrent imprisonment terms of 295 months and 240 months for his roles in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and commit money laundering...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: I write to express deep concern with the illegal breach of taxpayer privacy stemming from the confidential taxpayer information that was leaked to the media outlet, ProPublica, and subsequently made public. The series of articles published by ProPublica on June 8, 2021 claim...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Robert Bascom, age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - The final defendant has been sentenced to federal prison in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: State and federal sentences to run concurrently.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, during a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) highlighted how the American Rescue Plan has provided key relief to higher education students and helped institutions re-open their doors safely. In her opening remarks, Senator...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- After the United States and the European Union announced a five-year tariff suspension, the Republican Leader on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The arrival of hazy, hot and humid weather has signified the return of summer travel season in and around Charlottesville and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle any increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), chairman of the House Education & Labor Committee, reintroduced the Pell Grant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- James Anthony King, Jr., age 24, of Miami, Florida, has been indicted for armed bank robbery and murder resulting from the use and carrying of a firearm during that robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Ricardo D. Minor, 40, of Cahokia, Illinois, will be spending 15 years in federal prison for enticing a minor to have sex with him. Minor was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment for enticement of a minor; traveling with intent to have sex with a minor; and attempting to obstruct his prosecution. Minor will also serve ten years of supervised release after release from prison.
