News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $587,500 grant to the city of Lewisburg, Tennessee, to make critical sewer system improvements needed to support business recruitment and expansion efforts at the Lewisburg Industrial Park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $587,500 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 300 jobs and generate $88 million in private investment.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - As America continues to recover from the pandemic and vaccination rates rise, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are excited to welcome the traveling public back to the nation’s transportation systems. The federal face mask mandate remains...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Republican Leader of the Trade Subcommittee Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) hosted a Republican Meeting with small businesses owners and manufacturers who are suffering because of the expiration of GSP and MTB - two job-creating trade programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) today announced dual partnerships with Grace Farms Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused ending modern slavery and violence, and Liberty Shared, a global counter-trafficking nongovernmental organization, to advance their collective shared missions of eliminating wildlife and other natural capital trafficking crimes around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Larry Pagett, the East Coast leader of the Eight Trey Crips street gang, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II to life imprisonment for murdering a member of the rival Folk Nation street gang as part of a gang turf war. Pagett was convicted by a jury of murder in-aid-of racketeering in October 2018 following an eight-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. B Mayuresh Suresh Iyer, 26, of Matthews, N.C. was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for distributing child pornography on Discord, a popular messaging platform, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Thurmont, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed at approximately 1 p.m. on Friday, June 25. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately 1 p.m. on Monday, June 28th, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Felon Arrested While Attempting to Sell Two Guns Stolen from Parked Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Dickenson County, Virginia man, who illegally sold firearms without a license was sentenced last week to six months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Jovany Alonso Robledo-Delgado, 35, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash to 41 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Robledo-Delgado previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Import Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Fentanyl, and Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgetown woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $419,000 from her employer.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Let me start with a more general question about the German-American relations. I think as much as European and German officials appreciate U.S. being back on the world stage and re-engaging in multilateralism, there is the fear that the Biden administration might be only a brief return to normal ...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
Release: We are deeply disturbed by the death of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and the information that has been reported regarding the circumstances of his death. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and community. We urge the Palestinian Authority to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard will be honored today as a 2021 Fellow at the West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner in Charleston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Ronald M. Smith, age 47, of Elkton, Maryland, a former Baltimore Department of Public Works (“DPW") supervisor, today to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for the federal charge of extortion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A South Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to interstate stalking, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Dr. Ron Jarmin, acting director and deputy director of the U.S. Census Bureau, is a co-recipient of the 2021 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics. The award recognizes unusually original and important contributions in the development of economic statistics or in the use of statistics in interpreting the economy.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: The entire 33-mile Rim Drive around Crater Lake along with the 7-mile Pinnacles Road will open for the season on Friday, June 25th. Below average snowfall during the winter and unseasonably early snow melt this spring have led to an accelerated opening. Visitors can enjoy spectacular views of Crater Lake from many vista points along this scenic drive and escape the heat of lower elevations. Wildflowers are continuing to emerge as the snow continues to melt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of five Chicago-area Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant franchises has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for filing false corporate tax returns that underreported $2.5 million in gross receipts and sales.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Technology Entrepreneur Center, Inc. (T-REX), St. Louis, Missouri, to establish an Extended Reality and Simulation Lab that will address the pressing...
