News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - As required by federal law, FEMA has issued a public notice of intent to reimburse eligible applicants for eligible costs to repair or replace property damaged by severe storms and tornados occurring March 25-26, 2021. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed disaster declaration FEMA 4600-DR-GA on May 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: A man who distributed pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced June 4, 2021, to nearly two decades in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged her colleagues to support the nominations of Dawn O’Connell to serve as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Lamont Brinkley, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 58 months of incarceration for distributing fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: FLINT - Doniel “50" Heard, 38 of Canton, Talasha “First Lady Red" Willis 31 of Flint, Kimberly “Boss Lady Red" Perryman, 34 of Mt. Morris, and Alina “Mimi Red" White, 23 of Flint were sentenced for the vicious beating of a 15-year old boy, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, an Alabama man was arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews have completed demolition on Building 9207, the largest and final building in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local woman has been sentenced in federal court to time served and five years’ supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families (Task Force) released its Initial Progress Report. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) issued the following statement in response...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C., June 8, 2021 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is continuing its efforts as part of the agency’s Farm Bill programs to advance animal disease preparedness and response. APHIS is seeking project proposals for fiscal year ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Construction for the bridge and tunnel preservation project started in April 2021. In 2017, bridges and tunnels along the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway were inspected and are considered safe, but attention is recommended to increase service life and avoid major rehabilitation needs. The main goals of this project include general maintenance, historic preservation, and updating traffic safety devices.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) highlighted the provisions of the newly-introduced surface transportation bill that would make an historic $95 billion investment in passenger and freight rail in the U.S., including $32 billion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 46-year-old chiropractor and her medical group have agreed to pay in order to resolve allegations of fraudulent billing, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Senate’s final passage of the United States Innovation and Competition Act (S.1260):
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “The IRS’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Bio-Adhesive Alliance, Inc. (Bio-Adhesive) was sentenced yesterday in federal court for false statements made in grant applications submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - The Fort Smith National Historic Site Visitor Center/Museum is currently closed due to ongoing construction work. During this period, the park grounds and trails remain open from 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset. The Gallows and Commissary building also remain...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on June 8, 2021, Steven R. Brandenburg (age: 46) of Grafton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment for tampering with COVID vaccine doses at the hospital at which he worked. Brandenburg will also be required to spend three years on supervised release following his prison sentence and was ordered to pay approximately $83,800 in restitution to the hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 3, 2021, Trajazman L. Farmer, a 31-year-old man from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In addition to his prison sentence, Farmer was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), introduced the Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act. This legislation will invest in outdoor recreation in mountain communities by ensuring National Forests retain a portion of the annual fees that ski areas operating within their boundaries pay to support local recreation and community priorities.
