News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Dieter D. Douglas, 35, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on May 11 in federal court to eight years and 4 months in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. The survey provides state and local government data on full- and part-time employment, full-time equivalent employment and payroll statistics by governmental function.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 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 million grant to the Ashland Hospital Corporation, Ashland, Kentucky, to purchase upgraded equipment and support expansion efforts. This EDA grant, to be matched with $500,000 in local investment, is expected to create 250 jobs and generate $1 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Eleno Fernandez-Garcia, 37, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. He also agreed to pay $45,688 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for the damage that the cultivation operation had on public land.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A hip-hop producer was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison for unlawfully operating a prostitution business over a 12 year period, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A jury found Bryan Kimble, 32, of St. Louis, Missouri guilty, Wednesday, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and three counts of distribution of cocaine base following a three-day jury trial. United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark presided over the trial.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: VALE, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management named Wayne Monger as its new Vale District Manager, replacing Don Gonzalez, who retired in December 2020 after 14 years in the role.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: The following are remarks of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), as prepared for delivery, at the Mental Health Emergencies: Building a Robust Crisis Response System hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kenneth Eugene Cherry, Jr., 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle III, for 27 counts of firearms trafficking offenses.
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: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Andrew E. Fisher, 35, of Gulf Breeze, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in federal prison after a jury found him guilty last year of conspiring to use his pharmacy to defraud TRICARE, a federal health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, and...
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 Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered an opening statement at a hearing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, to examine the steps that DHS is taking...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Rep. Smith: Nothing ‘Fair’ in Dem Tax Hikes on Families, Small Businesses, and Farms.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - May is Wildfire Awareness Month and with fire season already upon much of the State of Idaho, the BLM is asking for the public to help prevent human-caused wildfires. BLM Idaho State Director John F. Ruhs recently signed the 2021 Fire Prevention Order, which prohibits specific fire-related activities from May 10 to October 20.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah has selected Gloria Tibbetts-a seasoned planning and public policy professional with a long history of working in western states and communities-to serve as the district manager for the Color Country District, based in Cedar City.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Used in cyberattacks that can paralyze organizations, ransomware is malicious software that encrypts a computer system’s data and demands payment to restore access. To help organizations protect against ransomware attacks and recover from them if they happen, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published an infographic offering a series of simple tips and tactics.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Democrats sabotage our jobs recovery with bloated unemployment benefits, criminals and fraudsters are lining their pockets with billions in taxpayer funds from the expanded program, write Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) in a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Martin Walsh.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the announcement by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of a new wildfire preparedness and climate resiliency plan for public lands. Grijalva said the issue presents a clear imperative to hire people to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Alexander Cleveland King, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
