News from March 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: 5 Key Takeaways from the February 2021 Jobs Report.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Yellen: . Taxpayers deserve oversight, accountability, and transparency of the $1.9 trillion package that was recently signed into law. The Senate Finance Committee oversees a significant share - nearly 68 percent, or $1.3 trillion - of the total American Rescue Plan. Provisions under...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for engaging in a COVID-19 related loan fraud scheme with losses of nearly $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Fausto Piña, 31, a Mexican national residing in Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: As air temperatures in the region increase, visitors planning to use Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s public boat ramps and kayak launches in the near future should be aware that water temperatures may be much colder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "The Constitutional Framework for Congress's Ability to Uphold Standards of Member Conduct"...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Raymond Nieman, age 39, Lesandro Jose Alvizo-Allison, age 21, Kelly Davis, age 34, and Erwin Scott, age 25, all from Sioux City, Iowa, received prison terms, ranging from over nine years to 16 years for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, a conspiracy to commit robbery and extortion, a robbery, a conspiracy to commit arson, and possession, use, and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY PATTERSON, also known as “AP" and “Antonio," 42, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for attempting to traffic narcotics while he was on supervised release after a prior federal conviction.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America welcome the vote of confidence by the overwhelming majority of the members of the House of Representatives meeting in Sirte 8-10 March to endorse the cabinet chosen by Prime Minister-designate Abdulhamid Dabaiba for an interim Government of National Unity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of California, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Rep. Buchanan: First Priority for Workers is Job-Creating Policies; TAA Reforms Needed.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: PEORIA, Ill. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Illinois to fill full and part-time Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer at ten different airports throughout the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Fourteen individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, fentanyl, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Those charged in the indictment are...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield yesterday to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leaders Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Fred Keller (R-PA) issued the following statement criticizing the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rules to withdraw two Trump administration rules, one which determined joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the other clarifying the classification of independent contractors and employees under the FLSA...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Hearing for the Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for engaging in fraudulent activity that exposed his employer’s confidential information, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
