News from April 2022
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
Release: The Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Singapore adopted the following Plan of Action (POA) for 2022 and 2023 on April 22, 2022, during a Biennial Review of the status of cooperation under the United States-Singapore Memorandum of Intent (MOI) on Environmental Cooperation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in honor of Earth Day 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: LINCOLN, NE - Each day, 13 people die in work-related incidents in the U.S., on average. In 2020, about 5,000 workers died in the U.S. in work-related fatalities. Tens of thousands more die of work-related diseases.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: A New York physician was charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York for an alleged $10 million health care fraud scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicare Part D plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., announced that a central Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Pacific Northwest Environmental Extremist and Arsonist Pleads Guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: CAÑON CITY, COLO - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office will add more counties to its Stage 1 fire restrictions tomorrow due to dry conditions and high fire danger. The additional fire restrictions apply to all BLM-administered public lands within the boundaries of Larimer...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) blasted Democrats for using the Committee’s taxpayer-funded resources to push a sham investigation into the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders. In a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TX - A local Dallas cell head who worked with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in federal prison, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Upper Delaware invites you to participate in a free online program on the connection between stream ecosystems, fly fishers, and the birds around them. This virtual program will be presented on Monday, May 9, 2022, at 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST. While you may recognize the soundtrack of birdsong of the waterways...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant Arrested With About $100,000 Worth of Heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - In celebration of National Park Week 2022, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland spent several days in Alaska this week celebrating the state’s national parks, public lands, and outdoor recreation economy. The visit comes as the Interior Department honors Earth Week, a time to renew our collective commitment to protect our planet for current and future generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Karlett Salazar Zagal, 23, a citizen of Mexico living in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to five years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Demarea L. Stafford, 40, of Lorain, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, April 21, 2022, by Judge John R. Adams to 138 months, or eleven and a half years, in prison. Stafford previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Justice Department and FTC File Complaint to Stop Deceptive Marketing Practices Involving the Sale of Funeral Goods and Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sheldon Tee Brooks, age 58, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 19, 2022, to 161 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 5 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, for distribution of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
