News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev.-The 2021 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada photo contest begins today in partnership with Travel Nevada. BLM Nevada will be accepting submissions for its annual photo contest now through Sept.15, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Defense Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense Budget Hearing.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyoming, will be changing normal operations at Seminoe and Gray Reef Dams this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that five individuals have been sentenced to date on drug and gun charges as a result of proactive investigations led by federal and local law enforcement in Union County.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the May 27 agreement between Somalia’s national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with parliamentary and presidential elections on the basis of the Sept. 17, 2020, framework. We commend Prime Minister Roble’s efforts and call on Somalia’s leaders to maintain the...
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the May 27 agreement between Somalia’s national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with parliamentary and presidential elections on the basis of the Sept. 17, 2020, framework. We commend Prime Minister Roble’s efforts and call on Somalia’s leaders to maintain the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - Today federal authorities arrested 60-year-old Dr. Brian James August of El Paso for allegedly committing health care fraud and distributing controlled substances that resulted in the overdose deaths of five individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - Edgar Vazquez (36, of Fort Myers) was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute, more than 500 grams of cocaine. The court also ordered Vazquez to forfeit a firearm and ammunition that were involved in the offense. Vazquez had been found guilty by a jury on Sept. 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Bruce Matthews, 28, has been sentenced to 137 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and using a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution condemning the rise in anti-Semitism incidents globally since terrorists in the Gaza Strip triggered several days of violence against Israel on May 10, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park encourages the public to get ready for boating and fishing season, which begins Saturday, May 29, 2021. Boaters and anglers should clean, drain and dry all boats and equipment prior to arriving in the park to minimize the risk of introducing aquatic...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Bank Julius Baer Agrees to Pay More than $79 Million for Laundering Money in FIFA Scandal.
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- The most current data reveals that 101,990 students were subjected to seclusion or restraint in the United States during the 2017-18 school year, 78 percent of whom were students with disabilities and disproportionately Black boys. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), ...
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: MR ICE: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our briefing this afternoon. It is our pleasure to have you with us. It is also our pleasure to have as your briefer today Acting Assistant Secretary Julie Chung from the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. She will talk...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield today for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a Kentucky man was arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fifth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began May 17. Results will be released weekly May 27 to July 22. The SBPS includes questions on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, measures of overall well-being, and expectations for recovery.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Op-Ed: Tax Increases Cost Jobs, Reduce Wages, and Stifle Growth.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson sentenced Gary M. Griffith, 31, of Honolulu, Hawaii, today for one count of assault on a federal law enforcement officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1). Griffith will serve 46 months imprisonment, with three years of supervised release to follow.
