News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) are requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the impacts that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Defendants removed key pollution control devices on hundreds of diesel pick-up trucks.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 6, 2021, Austin A. Kaquatosh (age: 28), formerly of Neopit on the Menominee Indian Reservation, was sentenced to a total of 24 months in federal prison for burglary and being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Vicente Velazquez was sentenced today to 17 and a half years in prison by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - A federal grand jury in Bangor returned an indictment today charging a Skowhegan man with filing fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications and other offenses, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of Ambassador Tai’s appearance before the Ways and Means Committee on President Biden’s 2021 trade agenda, Republican leader of the Subcommittee on Health Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, where he outlined how President Biden’s COVID-19 patent waiver benefits China at the expense of American innovation.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By State Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: Our world runs on the spark of creators: those who have - through inspiration, dedication, accident, and trial and error - found ways to solve problems, make opportunities, and bring joy to the world. In celebration of the genius of creativity, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day each April...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it will purchase up to $159.4 million in domestically produced seafood, fruits, legumes, and nuts for distribution to a variety of domestic food assistance programs, including charitable institutions. These purchases are being made...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Crystal Powell-Jones, age 54, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to failure to pay to the IRS employment taxes withheld from employees’ wages and to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud at least four victim lenders.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a markup on the Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act (H.R. 1930), which was introduced by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to strengthen the transparency and accountability of federal advisory committees.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Leadership, honor, loyalty, service, sacrifice. These elements form a common thread running through the conversations with 16 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) and Legacy Management Strategic Partner (LMSP) personnel who served in the Armed Forces.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A former teacher with D.C. Everest Area School District in Marathon County, Wisconsin has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Madison to producing child pornography, according to Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury for the robbery last month of a bank in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Dallas murder fugitive, Demario Montague, in Memphis.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of West Virginia to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Feb. 10-16, 2021.
