WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On September 1, 2023, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) suspended F. Allied Construction Company, Inc. (Allied), an asphalt paving company; Andrew Foster, President of Allied; and Kevin Shell, Vice President of Estimating at Allied, from participating in all federally funded programs and projects. In August 2023, Allied, Foster, and S  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Mac Schneider, issued the following news release: * * * Detroit, MI, Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in a Drug Trafficking Organization Targeting two of North Dakota's Native American Reservations * * * United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that Devonsha Dabney a/k/a Kemell, age 29, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Cou  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture encourages groups wanting to protect agricultural land to consider enrolling in its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, provides matching funds for farmland preservation entities to pur  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Eric G. Olshan, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Deyon Robinson was sentenced to 90 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a mixture containing fentanyl and heroin and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Robinson, age 22 of Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced by United States District Jud  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Detroit, Michigan man and a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2023. Vernon Lee Mason, Jr., 31, and his co-consp  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Attorney's Offices in Michigan and Ohio Reach Settlement with Huntington National Bank to Make Online Banking More Accessible to Social Security Representative Payee Account Holders and Disabled Beneficiaries * * * U.S. Attorneys in Michigan and Ohio today announced a settlement agreement with Huntington National Bank that will ma  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Rebecca C. Lutzko, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: United States Attorneys in Ohio and Michigan today announced a settlement agreement with Huntington National Bank that will make its services more accessible to Social Security Representative Payees (SSRP) and their beneficiaries with disabilities. Huntington National Bank fully cooperated with the U.S. Attorney's Offices in the Northern Distri  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the availability of up to $36 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda for fish passage projects across the nation that address outdated, unsafe or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting our nation's rivers and streams. Since 2022, the Bipartisan Infra  more