News from March 2021
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an update to the initial Central Valley Project 2021 water supply allocation for agricultural water service contractors south-of-Delta. Allocation amounts are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir storages, precipitation, and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy L. McCullough a/k/a Trey, 49, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Hey, everyone. Thanks for joining the call. We wanted to get folks together quickly, as we are just now very literally rolling from the NATO Ministerial, just to give a little atmospherics of what we encountered today. We’re going to do this call on background. You can attribute what you hear ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Biden’s Tax Hike Plan Exposed for Hitting Families.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Donora, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis. Based on guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, access to Palo Alto Battlefield is as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Ronald Goland, a/k/a “Bigg Base," a/k/a “Base," While Shooting at a Rival Gang Member, Fired a Bullet Through the Front Door of a Home, Striking and Killing Odane Bentley.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A senior member of the Big Hazard street gang was sentenced this morning to 192 months in federal prison for orchestrating and executing the nighttime firebombing of African American families at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights in 2014 in order to force the residents out of their homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell was sentenced today for possessing a weapon at the correctional facility. Rashun Evans, 23, of New York, was sentenced to 18 months in prison to run consecutively to the sentence he currently is serving. He also was sentenced to three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Former Venezuelan Official Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the Education Department to maintain the Trump administration’s Title IX rules after President Biden signed an Executive Order demanding they be reviewed...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that President Joseph R. Biden Jr, made additional disaster assistance available for the territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La.--- Damage from Hurricane Laura was of such severity that it crossed the threshold of FEMA’s normal Public Assistance cost-share rate of 75% and allowed the State of Louisiana to receive a rarely reached cost- share rate of 90% for eligible damages. This resulted in almost $22 million more for applicants to fund projects.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Democrats Seek Reversal of GOP Tax Cuts that Brought Jobs, Businesses Back to U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: After reviewing 944 public comments on a July 2020 notice that proposed to approve Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as the official eartag for use in interstate movement of cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has decided to use the rulemaking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A woman has been indicted on a federal firearm charge for allegedly providing a semi-automatic handgun to a convicted felon whom she knew was not lawfully allowed to possess it. The convicted felon was also charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a West Virginia man for child exploitation, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old Houston resident has been indicted for conspiracy and importation of 50 grams or more of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
