SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 20 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's more than 33 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, issued the following statement praising President Biden's appointment of Beto Yarce as Regional Administrator of Region 10 of the SBA, overseeing the agenc  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: On January 17, 2024, two individuals were sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment by United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand on their convictions for violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferso  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that Asante Health System, a southern Oregon healthcare corporation, and one of its physicians, have agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that the company and its physician knowingly submitted false claims for payment for certain cardiothoracic surgeries to Medicare, Medicaid, and  more