WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Advances administration's efforts to expand apprenticeships, strengthen workforce * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its award of $99.3 million in grants to 71 organizations in 31 states to provide training and employment services in its continuing effort to expand access to Registered Apprenticeships, prepare young workers for quality jobs and e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An Austin, Texas, man was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing a tax return that falsely underreported the capital gains he earned from selling $3.7 million in bitcoins. According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2017 and 2019, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, filed false tax returns that underreported or did not report the sale of $4 million worth of bitcoins in which he had  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Also Helped Oligarch Illegally Transfer a $10M U.S. Investment to Business Associate * * * A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging Alexey Komov, 53, of Russia, with conspiracy and violations of U.S. sanctions arising from his assistance to sanctioned Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who was previously charged with sanctions violations in April 2022. As alleged, Komov c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: ASD Specialty Healthcare LLC (ASD), doing business as Besse Medical (Besse), has agreed to pay $1.67 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by providing inventory management systems to retina practices at no cost to induce them to purchase drugs from Besse. ASD, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, distributes specialty medical and pharmaceutical produc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The number of owner-occupied housing units increased by 8.4%, from 76.4 million in 2014-2018 to 82.9 million in 2019-2023, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. The 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates show that more people owned homes than rented in 3,070 of the nation's 3,144 counties and county equivalents between 2019 and 2023. Additionally, home values increased 21.7% bet  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, issued the following statement: * * * Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) released the following statement after the United States House of Representatives passed S. 4199, the bipartisan Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024: "Today, I proudly voted to pass S. 4199, which would add desperately needed federal judgeships to resolve understaffed and backlogged federal courts," said Congressman Nehls.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and U.S. Representative Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in sending a letter to federal regulators that revealed the results of their investigation into Navient about its cancellation process for the predatory, for-profit student loans in its portfolio and urging the agencies to ensure the student loan servicer is providing borrowers all relief that they are entitled to. In its response to an in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of a foreign press center briefing on Dec. 13, 2024, featuring Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation: * * * * In addition to highlighting the Biden-Harris Administration's unprecedented investments in infrastructure across the United States, Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses efforts early in the Administration to address the global pandemic's shock to transportation systems and supply chains, and th  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * Funding Opportunity has Re-opened for Additional Regional Transport Networks to Manage Carbon Emissions * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $6 million for one selected project to explore the transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) from onshore industrial and power gener  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre  more