WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: A California man was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife in Santa Cruz, California. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California. Ole Hougen, 45, of Santa Cruz, California, was convicted of the crime on April 9. According to evidence more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following agency statement: * * * It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Stephen Sondheim, recipient of a 1996 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the president of the United States. The composer and lyricist of more than a dozen Broadway shows, Sondheim received eight Tony Awards, more than any other composer. He received the T more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed out of committee the bipartisan Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act. The bill--named for Judge Esther Salas's son, who died protecting his family from a disgruntled litigant--would protect judges' sensitive personal information from being sold by commercial data brokers online, limit the posting of judges' personal information on go more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed out of committee the bipartisan Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act. The bill--named for Judge Esther Salas's son, who died protecting his family from a disgruntled litigant--would protect judges' sensitive personal information from being sold by commercial data brokers online, limit the p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-author of the bill, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), lead and co-author of the bill, applauded the passage of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021 by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation comes after the fatal, targeted attack last year on U.S. District Court Judge Est more PR