News from April 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: A co-owner of a group of eight Georgia bars pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a virtual, moderated conversation on 21st century diplomacy and global challenges at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan will host Secretary Blinken. The event comprises the Ford School’s fourth annual Vandenberg Lecture.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) is announcing the expansion of its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Israel Rivera-Reyes, 48, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.

By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
Climate Change Work Shop for Journalists grant opened on April 14.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: DOYLE, Calif. - Up to 300 motorcycle riders are expected to compete in the Diamond Back Hare Scrambles motorcycle race, Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, at the Bureau of Land Management Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Doyle. For safety reasons, trail access will be available only to participants during the event.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 13, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the establishment of a program under President Biden’s American Rescue Plan to expand rural hospitals and providers’ access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and supplies, while helping rural health ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jeffrey James Bray, 36, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Dennis Falaschi, 75, of Aptos, California, charging him with conspiracy, theft of government property, and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On April 11, 2022, Garren Charles Rogers, 36, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in organizing a prescription drug scheme in Montgomery, Alabama, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Rogers’s prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald Halko, age 79, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 12, 2022, by a federal grand jury for tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 Today, in support of Executive Order 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support to Underserved Communities, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made its (PDF, 500 KB) publicly available. The plan outlines actions USDA will take to advance programmatic equity to improve access to programs and services for underserved stakeholders and communities.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lake - Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) grant opened on April 14.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: Employer: Kevsal Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 615 Thimble Shoals, Newport News Jose Tequilas Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 2052 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach Tapatio Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 2101 McComas Way, Virginia ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts today filed a complaint and a proposed consent decree with the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, to resolve its investigation of the Springfield Police Department’s Narcotics Bureau. This is the first pattern or practice police investigation to be resolved through a settlement under the Biden Administration.