News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: KING COVE, Alaska - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Governor Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited King Cove today, where they met with elected and Native leaders and community members, spoke with students at the King Cove School, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of its commitment to support and inspire a clean energy transition, the Department of the Interior today announced a series of steps taken to advance the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to permit 25 gigawatts of renewable power on public lands by 2025. These efforts support the ...


Foxx on OSHA’s Latest Power Grab

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) flagrant overreach in its latest proposal to revoke Arizona’s State OSHA Plan...



News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that three defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday for drug trafficking and firearms violations.


Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to check conditions before heading to beach

Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to check conditions before heading to beach



Deputy Secretary Graves Statement on Direct-Ascent Anti-Satellite Missile Tests

News Release: Today, following the announcement by Vice President Harris that the United States would not conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile tests, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves issued the following statement: “The Commerce Department welcomes the announcement by Vice President ...


News Release: Defendant Admitted Possessing Guns in Furtherance of His Drug Trafficking Business, Including Two Stolen Firearms.


National Park Service and Republic of Palau Announce Formal Partnership for Sustainable Visitor Use and Tourism Planning

National Park Service and Republic of Palau Announce Formal Partnership for Sustainable Visitor Use and Tourism Planning


News Release: Just two months after being charged, all 11 defendants implicated in the $300 million Spectrum/Reliable healthcare fraud have pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.



News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Patricia Ann Mahoney, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 84 months of incarceration for methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Notice published by Transportation Department on April 19

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to threatening a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg for the Middle District of Florida made the announcement.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the top Republican on the Oversight and Reform Committee, James Comer (KY-01), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the top Republican on the Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee, Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), ...


DNA study provides new information on Teton bighorn numbers

DNA study provides new information on Teton bighorn numbers


Public comment periods for proposed fee increases and new parking fee at Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Public comment periods for proposed fee increases and new parking fee at Chickasaw National Recreation Area


Notice published on April 19 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer: Twitter Must Preserve All Information After Censoring the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on Twitter to preserve all documents and communications related to the decision to censor the October 2020 New York Post article on Hunter Biden’s laptop. In a letter to Chief Executive Officer Parag...