News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $992,586 grant to Shiretown Development Corporation, Houlton, Maine, to provide space for growth of local manufacturers

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
North Carolina, to promote travel and tourism in North Carolina communities located adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will help local communities develop strategies to attract visitors to the North Carolina stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway to stimulate economic growth.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: Scientists with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) aim to enhance the capacity of regulatory agencies to trace Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 back to its source during a foodborne outbreak investigation by studying how the DNA of a specific population of this bacterium gradually evolves within its natural environment.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced three Oklahoma sisters to prison for convictions related to a shooting in Walker County in 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: “A short time ago, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted former Goldman Sachs managing director Roger Ng of participating in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to a Malaysian investment development fund known as 1MDB.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
2022 - California Conservation Cooperative Agreements grant opened on April 8.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A North Providence man who lives and works in Rhode Island today admitted that he filed COVID-relief unemployment applications in at least two other states, collecting more than $20,000 in benefits he was not entitled to receive, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on April 6, 2022, Jerry Banks, 34, of Fort Garland, Colorado was arrested following the filing of a criminal complaint that charges Banks with kidnapping Gregory Davis, a resident of Danville, Vermont, on January 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - William D. Wood, Jr. was sentenced today on federal charges related to the September 2018 robbery and murders he committed at the Chili’s Bar and Grill in Dewitt, New York, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: Three drug traffickers who attempted to run a sheriff’s office vehicle off the road have been sentenced to a combined 48 years in federal prison, announce U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment Thursday against Marcus Lawrence Weber, 26, of Sacramento, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged three individuals from Turkey who live in the Cincinnati region with conspiring to bring illegal Turkish immigrants into the United States via Mexico.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement regarding the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on oil prices.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
Release: The United States reiterates its grave concern over continuing reports of ethnically-motivated atrocities committed by Amhara authorities in western Tigray, Ethiopia, including those described in the recent joint report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. In particular, we are deeply troubled by the report’s finding that these acts amount to ethnic cleansing.