News from May 2021
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the April jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A federal jury convicted an Ohio man today of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor. Makel Elboghdady, 36, of Columbus, Ohio, was charged by a single-count Indictment in May 2020.
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: LOS ANGELES - A former elementary school teacher who produced pornographic images of his 15-year-old ex-student was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Each Hid Income from the IRS for Three Years and Failed to Pay Hundreds of Thousands in Income Tax.
By State Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in introducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’ dedication ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the Ways and Means Full Committee hearing, Republican leader of the Subcommittee on Health Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) today warned against the Biden Administration’s decision to waive COVID-19 patents, noting that doing so won’t aid in the distribution of vaccines around the world and will benefit China.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: TEXARKARNA, Texas - A Frisco lawyer has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a wire fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk sentenced Andre McIntosh to 72 months in prison today. The 48-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in February, to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed three bipartisan bills to strengthen government transparency and accountability: the Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act (H.R. 1930 ), the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (H.R. 2485 ), and the Integrity Committee...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: The Department of the Interior today announced next steps in the implementation of the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reviews the previous Administration’s broad Public Lands Orders (PLOs), the bureau will expedite and process veterans’ allotment applications across the area addressed by those orders.
By State Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State, through the Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative, and in partnership with Google’s Women Techmakers, will host the Women Tech Founders Kick Off: #LoopHerIn on May 17, 2021 to launch the Women Tech Founders Program.
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 Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Cane River National Heritage Area invite the public to participate in a community conversation and planning session for the Texas & Pacific Railway Depot (Depot) at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 25 at the Ben Johnson Auditorium located at 400 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 11, 2021, Brian Larry, age 59, of Clark’s Summit, Pennsylvania, was convicted following a seven-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion of mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false statement offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The City and County of Denver flood insurance rate map update for Harvard Gulch and Dry Gulch Tributary, Sanderson Gulch, and Sloan’s Lake Drainageway is nearing completion. The new maps will provide Denver with more accurate flood risk information that can help local officials and residents make informed decisions about reducing flood risks and purchasing flood insurance.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform passed the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act, a bill that would place the Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing, on a voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Kendrick, 27, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released a report titled, “Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Additional Efforts Needed to Assess Program Data for Rural and Underserved Areas:" from the non-partisan U.S. Government...
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: SEATTLE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). There are 72 full- and part-time positions currently available at SEA. Starting salary is $19.89 per hour.
