News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Innovations to Mitigate Transportation Noise Impacts on Communities

Innovations to Mitigate Transportation Noise Impacts on Communities


News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge John A. Ross sentenced Jalon Moore, age 25, to 25 years in federal prison for several counts of armed robbery and possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence. Moore previously pleaded guilty in January.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on June 1

OVC FY 2022 Responding to Transgender Victims of Crime grant opened on April 20.


Biennial Review Under the United States-Singapore Memorandum of Intent on Environmental Cooperation discussed on April 19 by State Department

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


President Biden, Federal Aviation Administration Deliver Historic Investments to Airport in Denton, Texas

President Biden, Federal Aviation Administration Deliver Historic Investments to Airport in Denton, Texas


Two Defendants Sentenced for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - LEON HENRY, age 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, and JABAR GIBSON, age 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, were sentenced on April 19, 2022 before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey on charges of violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Promoting Accountability for Human Rights Abuses in Russia and Belarus and Taking Action Against Sanctions Evaders

Release: President Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, conducted with the complicity of the Lukashenka regime, continues to cause needless suffering and thousands of civilian casualties.  The world has witnessed the horrors of this war in the images from the Ukrainian towns of Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, and in Ukrainian towns and cities still occupied or under siege, such as Mariupol.


News Release: CHICAGO - A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago.


News Release: The Defendant Admitted to Engaging in Sexual Relations with Two Minor Victims and Possessed Videos Depicting the Sexual Abuse of an Infant.


Pilots Now Able to Track Medical Applications in Real-Time

Pilots Now Able to Track Medical Applications in Real-Time


FAA: Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Unruly Passengers Here to Stay

FAA: Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Unruly Passengers Here to Stay


Capito, Graves Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority

Capito, Graves Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority


Wicker Inquires on DOT Data Sharing Initiative for Freight Transportation

Wicker Inquires on DOT Data Sharing Initiative for Freight Transportation


Graves, Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority

Graves, Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority


Capito, EPW Republicans Call Out USACE for Political Review of NWP 12

Capito, EPW Republicans Call Out USACE for Political Review of NWP 12


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


News Release: Two Deputies Taken to Hospital Following Fentanyl Exposure from Evidence.


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


NIFA Joins Other USDA Agencies to Establish, Expand Industrial Hemp in the U.S.

Even though hemp has been cultivated by humans for the past 12,000 years, it’s essentially still a new crop here in the United States.


NIFA Celebrates Financial Capability Month

Since 2003, April has been designated National Financial Capability Month, with the goal of educating consumers about finances and helping them improve their personal and household financial stability.