News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man arrested shortly after law enforcement watched him take possession of a package that contained more than a kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to possessing more than 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the below statement following President Biden’s virtual meeting with leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). The Quad includes leaders from Japan, India, and Australia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Medford, ORE. - The Bureau of Land Management is excited to announce that the Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) has been selected to receive the BLM’s national Conservation Partner Award. KBO has partnered with the BLM Medford District for more than 20 years and has been instrumental in applying scientific research on birds to inform public lands management and conservation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA--Tonight, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) swift action on the latest round of stimulus checks from the American Rescue Plan...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Lake Powell boaters are advised that Dangling Rope Marina is not open and there is not any power, fuel, water, pumpout or other visitor services at the marina until further notice. Vault toilets at Dangling Rope Marina remain available for visitors. Because Dangling Rope Marina is closed, there will...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, welcomed an announcement from the White House that federal funds he led the charge to secure as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act, will be directed to a vaccination clinic at Ford Field. The site, operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will accelerate vaccine distribution in Michigan.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement applauding action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to solicit data on the presence and treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater discharges from PFAS formulators and manufacturers.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $775,000 to the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health to conduct research and evaluate the impact of the Department’s Blue Campaign. Created to raise awareness about human trafficking...
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a four-count indictment charging Sir Maejor Page, a.k.a. Tyree Conyers-Page, age 32, of Toledo, Ohio, with three counts of money laundering and one count of wire fraud. It is alleged that the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A five‑count indictment was unsealed today charging Charles Porter, 30, formerly of Chino Hills, charging him with assault with intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse, assault with the intent to commit abusive sexual contact, attempted aggravated sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, and assault by striking, beating or wounding, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Warren Vernell Robertson, III, a prolific gun trafficker, along with two of his accomplices, has been sentenced for a variety of federal offenses involving the illicit resale of Georgia-sourced firearms on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statements on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call to “wait for the facts:"
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: The Department has designated Ambassador Pamela Spratlen to serve as the Senior Advisor to the Health Incident Response Task Force (HIRTF), reporting directly to the Department’s senior leadership. Since its creation in 2018, the HIRTF has served as the coordinating body for the Department and interagency’s ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), penned a letter to Secretary Cardona, asking for details regarding the role and scope of the Education Department’s senior advisor for labor relations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.25 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Operation Hope, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, to support small business coronavirus pandemic response and resiliency efforts in the southeastern United States. This EDA grant will be matched with $567,918 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Federal prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston of Miami with robbing two banks in South Florida last month.
