News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment today against Travis Gober, 42, of Hanford, charging him with health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Three brothers involved in Brockton drug ring all plead guilty.


Milton Man Charged With Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Prostitution And Sexual Activity

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Erick Donnell Metzger, age 53, of Milton, Pennsylvania, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on an attempted enticement of a minor charge.


Reclamation-funded salmonid habitat project completed on the lower American River

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the completion of a project to help boost the fall-run Chinook salmon population below Folsom Dam on the lower American River at Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael. This is Reclamation’s tenth project to protect and strengthen the river and parkway since 2008.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - RehabAuthority, LLC, a physical therapy company with operations in Minnesota, has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for payment for outpatient physical therapy services in violation of the False Claims Act.


New Orleans Resident Sentenced to 42 Months for Trafficking Heroin with His Uncle and Six Others

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KEVIN COFFIL, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2021 to 42 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan for conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin in violation of Title 21...


Chair Grijalva: Reconciliation Agreement Includes Multiple Key Measures - “Just the Start of a Longer Effort”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) expressed his support for the revised reconciliation agreement released today, highlighting several key measures-including an end to new offshore fossil fuel drilling in most federal waters, funding for coastal restoration and resiliency, and enhanced...


Six States Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new states in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product: Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Utah, and Virginia. PSEO now includes data on 534 institutions, which cover approximately 21% of all college graduates in the United States in 2015. Data users can use the PSEO Explorer tool, download raw files or query the Census API to access data.


Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Population and Housing Unit Counts for the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of April 1, 2020, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ population was 87,146, representing a decrease of 18.1% from the 2010 Census population of 106,405. The housing unit count was 57,257 in 2020, representing an increase of 2.4% from the 2010 Census housing unit count of 55,901.


Trails Center hosts Saturday matinee of "Meek's Cutoff"

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Join the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this Saturday, October 30 for a special showing of the movie “Meek’s Cutoff".


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.


Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Representation of  Claims Against the Government

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Megan Mariah Patrick, 36, of Terry, Mississippi, has pleaded guilty to a six-count federal indictment charging her with unauthorized representation of claims against the government and false statements to a federal agency, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special Agent...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement on the immigration provisions in President Biden’s Build Back Better framework...


Brady: Given Biden’s Awful Economic Record, Why Sabotage America’s Economy Further?

News Release: Brady: Given Biden’s Awful Economic Record, Why Sabotage America’s Economy Further?.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury has returned four indictments charging six individuals with allegedly executing schemes to defraud unemployment agencies in multiple states by fraudulently applying for and receiving tens of thousands of dollars in regular and expanded pandemic related unemployment...


Westerman Slams Democrats Over Sham Budget Process

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) testified before the House Committee on Rules on H.R. 5376, congressional Democrats' revised budget reconciliation package. Westerman's full remarks, as prepared.


News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A federal grand jury returned an indictment this week charging a Wise, Virginia couple, who owned and operated a local real estate agency, with defrauding multiple advance commission companies and committing aggravated identity theft.


The United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Afghanistan

Release: As part of our enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan, the United States announced today nearly $144 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This assistance brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees in the region to nearly $474 million in 2021, the largest amount of assistance from any nation.


BJS Releases Reports on Federal Justice Statistics; Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Federal Justice Statistics, 2019. This report describes cases processed by the federal criminal justice system, including the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S...