News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s budget request...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Christopher Howard, 45, of Delano, and Liandro Romero Cuevas, 33, of Bakersfield, appeared in federal court this week after a grand jury returned separate indictments charging them with being felons in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground - Red Rock Campground - is scheduled to temporarily close from 11 a.m. on June 1 to 2 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2021, during this low-usage period.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Frankfort, Ky. - Twenty-two more counties in Kentucky have been designated for disaster assistance as part of the federal disaster declaration for the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred Feb. 27 through March 14.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Educators are invited to participate in a Project Learning Tree K-8 workshop at Indiana Dunes State Park on Friday, June 11. This hands-on workshop, co-sponsored by the National Park Service, will run from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Indiana Dunes State Park Nature Center.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today the Bureau of Reclamation announced the selection of two California projects to receive $1 million total in CALFED Water Use Efficiency grants for fiscal year 2021. Combined with local cost-share contributions, these projects are expected to implement about $4.7 million in water management improvements during the next two years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A California man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for shipping approximately 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and conspiring to send an additional five kilograms of fentanyl into New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: Today, Secretary Blinken designated Ambassador Arnold Chacon to serve as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at U.S. Embassy Ottawa. A career diplomat with the rank of Career Minister, Ambassador Chacon is currently detailed from the Department of State to the National Defense University as Senior Vice President. Ambassador Chacon previously served as the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources and U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Are you interested in touring the Battle of Chickamauga from a different perspective? The park would like to invite the public to participate in a FREE, 2.5 hour, kayak tour with a ranger on Saturday, June 12, at 9 am. National Park Partners and Outdoor Chattanooga will sponsor an...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Buglio, age 45, of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on May 27, 2021, with a civil rights violation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Additional employees of Eye For Change Youth & Family Services indicted for fraudulent Medicaid billing practices.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Voyageurs National Park staff have temporarily closed the Salmi Road entrance to the Kab-Ash Trail out of the Kabetogama community. Park officials are working with the State of Minnesota to create an alternate entrance to that section of the trail. Access to the trail remains open off the Ash River Trail...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Childersburg man for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Talladega man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $4 million for four research and development projects to design new methods to identify and reduce the risk of seismic disruptions and CO2 leakage in underground carbon dioxide storage facilities. Advancements in geologic sequestration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Vanessa Rondeau, 26, of Montreal, Quebec, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with Lacey Act Trafficking, Lacey Act False Labeling, and smuggling. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the White House’s newly released budget, which would make permanent the health care tax credits Senate Murray worked to pass as part of the American Rescue Plan, which are already lowering health care costs for millions of families.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Talladega man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By EPA Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance for children and summer camps...
