News from November 2021
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh questioning the Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) move to abandon important compliance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Fort Peck Indian Reservation man suspected of aiding in attacking a man in the head with a bat in Wolf Point, on the reservation, admitted to an assault crime on Nov. 16, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Carlos Vazquez, 57, of Miami, was sentenced yesterday to 42 months’ imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining $921,875 through a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Devonne L. Walker (36, Lady Lake) to 25 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A shift manager of a Camden drug-trafficking organization today admitted his role in conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Deputy Superintendent Kevin Skerl today signed an closing the Grove of the Patriarchs, in the southeast corner of Mount Rainier National Park. The closure is effective immediately and until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - ‘Tis the season! Looking for an outdoor experience to celebrate the holidays? How about cutting down your own Christmas tree? Christmas tree permits for the Bureau of Land Management Klamath Falls Field Office can be purchased ONLINE starting 11/22/21.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Today in Karura Forest in Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Christine Service of The Walt Disney Company, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect, jointly announced an exciting new partnership with the launch of National Geographic Kids Africa, an educational entertainment television series and community outreach initiative designed to inspire youth, families, and communities to protect and conserve the world around them.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 612. the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued to press Swiss bank Mirabaud for information on its compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and its role holding $1 billion of undeclared income for billionaire Robert Brockman for 10 years. Indicted by the Justice Department last year, Brockman is embroiled in the largest tax evasion case against an individual in U.S. history.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a permanent injunction against a provision included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BAY CITY - A 21-year-old resident of Blanchard, Michigan, Kaden Elizabeth Gilbert, pled guilty to murder in the second degree announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report confirming that Democrats’ $1.75 trillion spending spree will cost far more than Democrats let on...
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on 20 years of U.S. policy in Afghanistan and lessons learned. Witnesses included Ms. Laurel E. Miller, director of the Asia program for the International Crisis Group, and the Honorable Ryan Crocker, nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 17, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to hold a virtual public meeting Nov. 30 to address contamination concerns at Adam’s Plating Superfund site in Lansing, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very pleased to announce the arrest of another “Fugitive of the Week" today in Claremont, New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke, Virginia doctor was sentenced to 36 months in prison, a fine of $10,000, and a forfeiture money judgment of $500,000 yesterday for distributing and dispensing Schedule II controlled substances to patients outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. The controlled substances charged included high dosages of morphine, oxycodone, and hydromorphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Operation Allegedly Based at Residences in Northeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Brooklyn, New York man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for distributing heroin and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
