News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Americans for Limited Government: China stock market cheating signals time for divestment

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued April 11 the following statement in response to reports of Chinese corporations engaging in insider trading:


Release: Germany is a constitutional democracy. Citizens choose their representatives periodically in free and fair multiparty elections. The lower chamber of the federal parliament (Bundestag) elects the chancellor as head of the federal government. The second legislative chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) ...


There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on April 11.


News Release: U.S. Citizen Who Conspired to Assist North Korea in Evading Sanctions Sentenced to Over Five Years and Fined $100,000.


Former U.S. Postal Service Employee in Chicago Charged With Stealing Stimulus Checks From the Mail

News Release: CHICAGO - A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Chicago has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly stealing government stimulus checks from the mail.


DOE Establishes Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $225 Million for Improved Building Codes

Release: DOE Seeks Public Input to Drive the Cost-effective Implementation of Building Energy Codes for Greater Efficiency, Resilience, and Cost Savings


Deputy Secretary McKeon’s Meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Grandi

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon met today with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in Washington. Deputy Secretary McKeon highlighted the United States’ commitment to rebuilding and ...


The US Justice Department published a three page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Chad

Release: Chad was by year’s end controlled by a 15-member transitional military council. On April 19, the National Independent Electoral Commission announced Idriss Deby won a sixth presidential term. Observers considered the April election neither free nor fair due to bans of public gatherings, abuses by security forces against the opposition, disqualification of opposition candidates, and numerous irregularities on election day.


Two Indiana Towns Agree to Improve Sewer Systems to Stop Discharges of Raw Sewage

The Sanitary District of Highland, Indiana, and the Town of Griffith, Indiana, have agreed to construction projects and capital investments that will eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from their sewer systems into nearby water bodies, including the Little Calumet River.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Greenbush man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The President has signed into law historic, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to set the United States Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing...


Release: Yemen is a republic with a constitution that provides for a president, a parliament, and an independent judiciary, but control of the country during the year was split among three entities: the Iran-backed Ansar Allah movement (also sometimes known colloquially as the Houthis), the internationally recognized...


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India

Release: India is a multiparty, federal, parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. The president, elected by an electoral college composed of the state assemblies and parliament, is the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. The constitution gives the country’s 28 states...


Joint Statement of the United States of America and Sweden on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology

Release: The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden on the occasion of an April 8 meeting at the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that three defendants have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, on drug and firearms charges.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting April 12

NRCS Vermont Program Assistance grant opened on April 12.



Release: Honduras is a constitutional, multiparty republic. The most recent national and local elections were held in November. Voters elected Xiomara Castro of the LIBRE Party as president for a four-year term scheduled to begin in January 2022. International observers generally recognized the elections as free and fair.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Release: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a centralized constitutional republic. Voters popularly elect the president and the lower house of parliament (National Assembly). Following a two-year delay, presidential, legislative, and provincial elections were held in December 2018. In January 2019 the National...