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Florida Ports Are The Solution to Global Supply Chain Crisis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (October 6, 2021) – With more than 60 cargo ships moored off the coast of California, unable to unload thousands of shipping containers filled with products that Americans use or consume daily, the Florida Ports Council is answering...

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Over $9 Million in Awards to City of Winter Haven for Road Improvements at the Intermodal Logistics Centers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced more than $9 million in awards to the City of Winter Haven for road improvements at the Intermodal Logistics Center. The Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, administered through the Florida Department of...

Europe’s strategic priority is to assert independence from the US

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Europe must assert independence from the U.S. following France’s outrage over a submarine deal between the U.S. and Australia. Mr. LeMaire made it crystal clear that the disagreement over submarines is symptomatic of...

Two Florida Executives Plead Guilty to Large-Scale Visa Fraud Employment Scheme

Two Florida business executives pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Georgia to charges related to their roles in a scheme to recruit and hire foreign nationals who were not authorized to work in the United States to...

Three Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Multi-State Dog Fighting Conspiracy

Three defendants have been sentenced for their roles in an interstate dog fighting network across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey. According to court documents, from at least 2013 to 2018, Chester A. Moody, Jr., 47, of...

Foreign National Sentenced for Money Laundering Funds to Promote Turtle Trafficking

A Chinese citizen was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and one year of supervised release on a federal money laundering conviction. Kang Juntao, 25, of Hangzhou City, China, had previously pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Camden,...

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Announces New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced today the launch of the department’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which will combine the department’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat new and emerging cyber threats to the...

Justice Department Addresses Violent Threats Against School Officials and Teachers

Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the...

U.S. President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan does not impose a new mileage tax

Biden’s Build Back Better plan does not impose a new mileage tax. These rumors appear to be based on a misinterpretation of a section of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that is currently (as of October 1, 2021) making its way through...

Governor Ron DeSantis Statement on First Lady Casey DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis released the following statement regarding First Lady Casey DeSantis: “I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First Lady and my beloved wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer. As the mother of three...

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Disgraced Former U.S. Representative George Santos Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Fraud Schemes

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Disgraced former U.S. Representative George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on...
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