News from November 2021
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
NOAA announced today it is initiating the process to consider designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary.
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
The Bureau of Reclamation will be conducting an aerial survey of the lower Colorado River and mainstream reservoirs from Hoover Dam to the international border with Mexico, between November 21, 2021 and December 20, 2021, to collect high resolution topo-bathymetry data.
By George Willis | Nov 24, 2021
Ortega-Murillo cited for corruption, arrests of opposition leaders
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that President Biden will appoint three new Regional Administrators to lead EPA’s work protecting human health and the environment in their respective regional offices. The following individuals will be appointed:
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
A Crawford County, Pa., woman was stopped with a loaded handgun by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) at the security checkpoint early this morning (Nov. 19).
By Karen Kidd | Nov 24, 2021
A Sierra Club founding director, an assistant to Vice President Kamala Harris and White House staffers are among President Joe Biden-appointees to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week
By Karen Kidd | Nov 24, 2021
The power failures of Winter Storm Uri must never happen again, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)'s chairman said in a recent news release.
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today to stop United States Sugar Corporation (U.S.
By Press release submission | Nov 24, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Jerome Powell as Chair and Lael Brainard as Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve
By Bob Martin | Nov 23, 2021
An Oklahoma man has recently pleaded guilty to one count concerning a firearms trafficking conspiracy involving Mexican Cartels; part of the first successful prosecution of its kind in the United States.
By Christina Heath | Nov 23, 2021
A man accused of homicide on Halloween night 2020 in Sardis, Mississippi was arrested recently in Memphis, Tennessee by the U.S. Marshals Task Force.
By Press release submission | Nov 23, 2021
As we head into the holiday travel season, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) announced it has filed an agreement for a $4.5 million settlement with Air Canada.
By David Beasley | Nov 23, 2021
The U.S. Interior Department wants more protection for indigenous sacred sites and increased access to them, according to a news release.
By Press release submission | Nov 23, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that enforcements by its Employee Benefits Security Administration recovered more than $2.4 billion in direct payments to plans, participants and beneficiaries in fiscal year 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 44 months in prison on his conviction of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2021, by District Court Judge Karen Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that John Moore, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
