News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Bills addressed by Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 6

There was activity on two bills related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 6.



Carjacker Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN- Kalonji Warren, 26, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for a carjacking. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.


News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is sponsoring a photo contest and inviting public land users to submit their favorite photograph(s) of a special landscape, plants, animals, or objects located on public land. The grand prize winner will receive a 2023 Las Cruces...


The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Picayune Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing Video of Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Picayune man was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to a victim, for producing a video of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - The sixth and final MS-13 member who participated in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy, who was stabbed at least 32 times in a park in Lynn, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.


Notice published by Transportation Department on April 5

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


7 MS-13 MEMBERS CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER INSIDE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS RESULTING IN NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN OF FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

News Release: Seven MS-13 Members Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder in Aid of Racketeering, along with other crimes, for Murders and Attempted Murders of Rival Gang Members inside U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont.


Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to Twenty Years in Federal Prison for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Rodney Varela, 38, of Columbus, Indiana, was sentenced late yesterday to twenty years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.


Federal Reserve System discusses Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies on April 5

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Summer Jobs are available to high schoolers at Whiskeytown through the Youth Conservation Corps program

News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is currently accepting applications for its 2022 Youth Conservation Corps summer program. This program offers a total of three young men and three young women from Shasta County employment in an outdoor environment performing conservation work. Participants...


Statement from U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm on President Biden’s Historic Response to Putin’s Price Hike

"The Department of Energy will execute President Biden’s authorization of an immediate release of one million barrels per day for six months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and we are coordinating with our international allies and partners to join us in releasing additional oil from strategic reserves.


Vilsack: Prince Edward Island table stock potato imports will continue 'with appropriate safeguards in place'

Prince Edward Island table stock potato imports from Canada will continue in the United States.


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request discussed on April 6 by Federal Reserve System

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wyden Praises Agreement on Legislation To End Normal Trade Relations With Russia

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised a new bipartisan agreement to end normal trade relations with Russia, following weeks of delay by Republican senators.