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Bonavolonta: 'Rodriguez trafficked deadly fentanyl all over Massachusetts'

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl.

Census Bureau Releases 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey Summary Tables

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released new summary tables for the 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS). The RHFS provides measures of financial, mortgage and property characteristics of U.S. residential properties with at least one housing rental unit. It is the only data source that provides a comprehensive picture of mortgage financing for all types of rental properties.

Castillo: ' Revolving Loan Fund program is one of EDA’s oldest and most successful initiatives'

Economic Development Administration-capitalized Revolving Loan Funds offer a crucial source of gap financing to companies that would otherwise be unable to acquire capital through a traditional lender, with a combined finance base of more than $1 billion.

Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; South Padre Island, SPI New Year's Eve Fireworks on Nov. 29

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page rule on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Courts order Idaho quarry to pay nearly $1M in back wages, liquidated damages for 60 workers after investigation finds multiple labor violations

News Release: BOISE, ID - A federal court and the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges have ordered an Oakley stone quarry to pay $983,725 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer violated multiple federal labor laws, which denied 60 workers their rightfully earned wages.

Department of State Dedicates New U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Release: In an important symbol of our partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benaim, U.S. Embassy Riyadh Chargé d’Affaires Martina Strong, and U.S. Consul General in Dhahran David Edginton officially dedicated the new U.S. Consulate General campus in Dhahran.

New Orleans Man Charged with International Parental Kidnapping

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KIDUS AWLACHEW, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with international parental kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1204. The charge stems from AWLACHEW allegedly retaining a child in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of another person’s parental rights.

EPW Committee Advances Federal Highways, TVA, & Southwest Border Regional Commission Nominations

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) voted to advance several nominations during a committee business meeting : Shailen P. Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) by voice vote, Beth Prichard Geer to be a Member of the ...

DOS-ZWE offers new grant application process starting Nov. 30

Ambassadors Special Self-Help Program - SSH Fund grant opened on Nov. 30.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu at a Joint Press Availability

News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER AURESCU: (Via interpreter) Hello. Good afternoon.

Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Surprise, Arizona, man pleaded guilty yesterday to production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Roofing contractor continues to expose workers to potentially deadly fall hazards, US Department of Labor inspections in Appleton area find

News Release: APPLETON, WI - An Appleton contractor with a long history of exposing employees to dangerous fall hazards now faces $349,371 in additional penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors observed roofing workers at heights greater than 6 feet at risk of serious or fatal injuries at two Appleton-area jobsites in May and June 2022.

Wyden Statement on new Treasury Department guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act worker protections

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the new Treasury Department guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act worker protections...

Ellis: Hanford STEM ambassadors working 'to demystify science and engineering jobs'

U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management team is reaching out to the community near a decommissioned nuclear production complex in Washington to let them know about STEM opportunities.

Federal court orders gas station operator to pay $226K in back pay, damages for six New Jersey gas station attendants denied full wages

Release: Employers: Point Pleasant Associates Inc., Owner Bidiawatie Singh and company officer Surjeet Singh 355 McKinley Ave. Edison, New Jersey 08050 Investigation sites: Spirit Gas Station, 14 South NY Ave., Absecon, New Jersey 08205 Sun Petro Gas, 101 Absecon Blvd., Absecon, New Jersey 08201 Delta ...

DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting Nov. 29

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Nov. 29.

Blackwell: Hanford Site’s protective barriers are critical ‘to help protect groundwater’

A protective, asphalt surface barrier will be installed at the U Farm on the Hanford Site, the decommissioned nuclear production complex in Benton County in Washington state.

Newland: 'Taking land into trust is one of the most important functions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs'

U.S. Department of the Interior announced the approval of a land-into-trust acquisition for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

DOS-MMR grant application closes on Feb. 15

Notice of Funding Opportunity AEIF 2023(Rangoon, Burma) grant opened on Nov. 29.

Shea: Dashboard to help 'understand antimicrobial resistance in livestock, poultry and companion animals'

The $3 million for antimicrobial resistance dashboard development announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is aimed at studies in livestock, poultry and companion animals.

New Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River superintendent draws praise

The National Park Service's new Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River superintendent brings with her solid people skills, the area's NPS regional director said in a news release.

DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting Nov. 29

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Nov. 29.

Granholm: Block grant program a tool for ‘local governments to build their clean energy future’

Applications for funding through a U.S. Department of Energy program that supports community-based clean energy will open in January 2023.