News from April 2022

By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: PRICE, Utah - On April 30, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office will begin gather operations to remove wild burros from within and outside of the Sinbad Herd Management Area in Emery County to help balance the number of burros to what the rangeland can sustainably support, known as...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started investing the first $1 billion of $5 billion into the country’s air traffic control system. The funding - made possible through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - will sustain, repair or replace hundreds of buildings and pieces of equipment that make flying in the United States the safest in the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Felix Enrique Carrion, age 49, of Dingman’s Ferry, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 94 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 6 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine.

By Caleb Lombardo | Apr 27, 2022
To promote clean transportation and improve air quality for children around the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding rebates totaling $17 million to replace older diesel school buses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Hector Santos-Morales, 32, of Dunkirk, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: The National Park Service staff of James A. Garfield National Historic Site is pleased to announce the site’s hours for the upcoming summer season. The site’s summer season runs annually May 1-October 31.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Meeting Veterans’ Full Needs: Update on Women’s Health, Mental Health, Homelessness, and Other Programs Hearing.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Mammen was found in possession of a bag containing 17 small bags of meth, packaged for distribution.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Anna G. Eshoo.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Louisville, KY - Century Pharmacy, Inc., doing business as Century Medicines of Elizabethtown, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to satisfy recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Former Alabama Resident Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for Concealing Terrorism Financing.

By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 26.

By Timothy Stuckey | Apr 27, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued a statement April 22 in celebration of Earth Day, addressing the department's efforts to combat climate change.

By Bob Pepalis | Apr 27, 2022
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Transparency International leaders to discuss anticorruption and transparency, specifically irregular migration.

By Bob Pepalis | Apr 27, 2022
Northeast lobster and Jonah crab fishermen have until May 1 to make required gear modifications designed to protect North Atlantic right whales.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Yesterday in Washington, DC, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina launched the United States-Honduras Strategic Dialogue. Vice President Kamala Harris proposed this Strategic Dialogue during her meeting with ...

By Zachary Richter | Apr 27, 2022
An Army soldier has been sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography charges and threatening to assault or murder a federal employee.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A Lodge Grass man who admitted to dealing methamphetamine from his home on the Crow Indian Reservation after individuals confirmed to Drug Enforcement Administration agents that he had been trafficking meth for a number of years was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.