News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: The president of a motorcycle club involved in a shootout at a Lubbock bar was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for a firearm offense, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3992, the so-called Protect Older Job Applicants Act, which will harm job creators, enrich trial lawyers, and gut recruitment programs in the middle of a labor shortage...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated the first federal and state project in Puerto Rico to eliminate accessibility barriers and help create tourism with greater equity and inclusion for people with functional diversity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a hearing on "The Texas Abortion Ban and its Devastating Impact on Communities and Families...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has postponed the Liberty prescribed burning operation that was scheduled for November 8-12. The prescribed burn is part of Great Sand Dunes National Park’s hazardous fuels reduction efforts. Fire managers from the park in partnership with Rio Grande National...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DERRICK GROVES, age 24, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Nov. 2, 2021 for federal firearms and narcotics violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Chicago, Illinois, to support industrial development in the city.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: VICKSBURG, MS. - The National Park Service (NPS) today opened the second 30-day public comment period for the Vicksburg National Military Park: Parkwide Road System Study.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “emergency" rule requiring private companies to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing mandate...
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
Release: Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul supports the passage of legislation addressing Cuba and Nicaragua. The first, HR 760, is a resolution expressing solidarity with Cuba’s protestors and condemns the communist regime’s brutality.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Dear Director Ahuja, Acting Director Young, and Director Carnahan...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: The Battle Mountain District Bureau of Land Management is now selling Christmas tree permits for the 2021 Holiday Season.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremiah Smith, 41, of Burlington, was charged today by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Smith is scheduled to appear on the charge before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on November 5, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for Information on People’s Republic of China (PRC) policies and influence in the development of international standards for emerging technologies.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This evening on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks on the need to strengthen vetting procedures for Afghan evacuee arrivals into the United States. Portman highlighted...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was arrested today and charged with firearms and drug offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation recognized Casandra Arthur as Reclamation’s Project Manager of the Year at a virtual ceremony. Arthur is a project manager working in Reclamation’s California-Great Basin Region in Willows, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JASON BOYET, age 42, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and a former trooper with the Louisiana State Police, was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2021 to 210 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Sarah Vance. BOYET previously pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced on Tuesday to 41 months in prison for dealing firearms without a license.
