News from September 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that today Kevin Daniel Baker, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by two years’ supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - North Carolina residents who applied for assistance from FEMA after sustaining damage from Tropical Storm Fred will receive a letter from FEMA in the mail or via email.

By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement in response to plans by the U.S. Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to roll back Trump administration efforts to undermine the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Ricky Perry, 51, of East St. Louis, Illinois, formerly a police officer with.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that on Sept. 28, 2021, U.S. Judge Jack Zouhary sentenced Robert Escobar, 51, of Toledo, Ohio, to 25 years imprisonment after Escobar pleaded guilty in February of 2021 to three counts of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Last week, more than 1,000 people attended the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Long Duration Storage Shot Summit in support of DOE’s ongoing efforts to reduce the cost of grid-scale energy storage by 90% within the next decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A South Carolina man who joined in a conspiracy to steal trade secrets from aircraft companies faces sentencing in federal court after admitting guilt during his trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Holbrook man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte drug dealer who admitted to receiving 10 pounds of methamphetamine in two shipments for distribution in the community was sentenced today four years and six months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement following U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement to allocate $3 billion to tackle urgent challenges in agriculture, animal health, and nutrition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: A Dallas lawyer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money he believed was linked to narcotics trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, October 6, at 12 p.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Denzel Robinson a/k/a Sparks, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 38 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed S. 1301 to suspend the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.

By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, October 6, at 12 p.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell...

By Emily Bevard | Sep 29, 2021
Landsat 9 was set to launch Sept. 27 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, according to a release from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

By Karen Kidd | Sep 29, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has not yet issued comment about a request by Virginia lawmakers earlier this month for the federal agency to accept donation of Fort Monroe property.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park on an intermittent basis beginning Tuesday, October 5 through Friday, October 29 to perform crane work on the dam.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Indictment Alleges that Defendants Conspired to Help U.S. Clients Evade Taxes on More Than $60 Million Hidden Offshore.