News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it is conducting an auction for utility-scale solar energy development leases in each of the three solar energy zones (SEZs) in Arizona.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: At COP26 during the World Leaders Summit Forest Day session on Nov. 2, 2021, the United States announced the Plan to Conserve Global Forests: Critical Carbon Sinks. This decade-long, whole-of-government Plan sets forth the U.S. approach to conserving critical global terrestrial carbon sinks, deploying...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Defendant Received Cryptocurrencies as Payment for Illegal Narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Lawrenceville, Georgia, man pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining over $170,000 in unemployment benefits by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits debit cards not belonging to him.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Biden Framework: $1.2 trillion of Taxes on Businesses and Handouts to Wealthy Companies.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a roundtable today with stakeholders from various points in the supply chain. The discussion provided Members with insights about the ongoing issues and challenges facing the private sector in dealing with the supply chain crisis.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted to confirm Raj Nayak to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy by a vote of 54-45. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reiterated her strong support for Mr. Nayak, and stressed that our nation’s workers depend on having a fully-staffed Department of Labor to help rebuild a stronger and fairer economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a Monmouth County, New Jersey, woman, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at an executive session to vote on the nomination of Christopher Magnus to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan bill led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to provide Inspectors General with additional protections has advanced in the Senate. The legislation, which will strengthen independent oversight of the federal government’s effectiveness, was approved...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joe Willie Williams, Jr., age 42, formerly of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2021, to 156 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of cocaine hydrochloride and 28 grams and more of cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Hot Springs, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republican lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, General Services Administration Secretary Robin Carnahan, and Office of Management and Budget Acting Director...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on a proposal to close a portion of Anderson Butte to recreational target shooting for up to two years to address public safety concerns. The proposed closure would affect 11 sites, totaling 50 acres.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, U.S. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator Brian Schatz introduced a bicameral bill today to ban all forms of disinformation about the Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi today sentenced Brandon Charles Saffeels, 36, a resident of Maui and former Maui Police Department (MPD) officer, to 30 months in prison for public corruption in the form of honest services wire fraud. The indictment to which Saffeels pled guilty in May 2021 alleges that he engaged in a bribery scheme wherein he solicited a sexual relationship with a female motorist in exchange for an official act as an MPD officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - A federal jury today convicted a Lansing, Michigan man on multiple charges relating to the production and receipt of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: On Nov. 2, 2021, world leaders gathered to commit to ambitious action to reduce emissions and enhance carbon sequestration from forests and other ecosystems. This action is critical to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Alex R. Lee, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
