News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on charges stemming from his arrest for illegally possessing two loaded firearms, another handgun, and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | May 11, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Marvin “MJ" Mitchell (36, St. Peterburg) and Christopher Hughes (43, Pinellas Park) with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, which...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio, Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, and Representative Jared Huffman led a...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - To allow more time for public participation, the Bureau of Land Management is extending the comment period on a proposed lithium exploration plan from Big Sandy Inc. The plan would allow for 145 drill sites and a bulk sample near the town of Wikieup in Mohave County. Public comments will be extended another 30 days, from May 11 through June 10, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Two months after announcing a reformed process for Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to submit projects in their districts for consideration to be included in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Committee Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced 318 members have submitted more than 2,000 projects for consideration.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Aquatic invasive species are easily transported between bodies of water by boats, inflatable kayaks and float toys, fishing waders and tubes, trailers, and any other water gear. Currently, freshwater lakes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho are free of invasive quagga and zebra mussels. Do your part to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - John Marshall Higgins, the former superintendent of the Rockbridge County Regional Jail, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for charges related to federal civil rights violations and public corruption.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: EMINENCE, MO - Join us at Akers on May 22 for the summer kickoff at Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The free event features an open-air celebration of the Akers community beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JORDY ROBERTSON, age 37, from St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced to 96 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter for drug trafficking and wire fraud offenses. ROBERTSON was also sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ (60 months’) imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), along with Republican lawmakers on both panels, today launched a probe into improper outside influence on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) school reopening guidance by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Two EM programs recently collaborated to enhance an established radioactive waste inspection process, allowing for continued safe, secure, and compliant waste shipments from one DOE site to another, while minimizing travel and person-to-person contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Our water system failed to monitor as required for drinking water standards during the past year and, therefore, was in violation of the regulations. Even though this failure was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what you should do, what happened, and what we did to correct this situation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Anthony Benson, 41, of Somerville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on charges stemming from his arrest for illegally possessing two loaded firearms, another handgun, and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Alonzo Shipp was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner for being a felon in possession of a firearm that wounded an individual in Queens in 2018. Shipp was convicted in November 2020 following a six-day jury trial.
By State Newswire | May 11, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks for the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983 and Joseph J. Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - With Memorial Day weekend right around the corner, the staff at Big Thicket National Preserve would like to encourage everyone to think about safety when swimming, boating, or recreating in any way along southeast Texas waterways. Each year lives are lost in the creeks and rivers of southeast Texas, and most of those tragedies could have been prevented.
