News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Saturday May 25, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
Iowa U.S. Attorney: Three Men and One Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Narcotics Charges
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release:
A Council Bluffs man was sentenced May 21, 2024, to 84 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencings, Alejandro Almaraz, 24, and three co-defendants, conspired to distribute methamphetamin
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Justice Department and Department of Labor Secure Agreements With Tech Company to Resolve Discriminatory "Whites Only" Job Posting
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 23, 2024:
The Justice Department and the Department of Labor announced today separate agreements with Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. (Arthur Grand), an information technology services firm based in Virginia. The Justice Department's agreement resolves the department's determination that Arthur Grand violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting a discriminatory job advertisement in Marc
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Justice Dept.: Manager of Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for International Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 24, 2024:
A manager of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced today to 21 years and 10 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1,339,500 for his role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy.
According to court documents, beginning around May 2013 and continuing to at least December 2016, Gabriel Cerda-Guillen, 49, of Mexico, was a manager for a Mexico-based drug traffickin
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President Biden Approves Nebraska Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on May 24, 2024:
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and straight-line winds from April 6 to April 7, 2024.
Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizati
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S.D. Gov. Noem and Colleagues Push Back on Biden's Government Overreach
PIERRE, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release:
Governor Kristi Noem and 23 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing proposed amendments to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Internal Health Regulations (IHR) and a new pandemic treaty.
"South Dakota came out of the pandemic with the strongest economy in America, not because we listened to the World Health Organization - but because we trusted o
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Utah A.G. Reyes Defends American Firearms Manufacturers From Being Held Liable for Mexico's Gun Violence
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 25 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 24, 2024:
Attorney General Reyes joined a coalition of 27 states Tuesday in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court's ruling is allowed to stand, Americans' Second Amendment rights could be threatened.
In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to correc
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