News from August 2022
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2022 --- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced details of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) $300 million investment, including with American Rescue Plan funds, in a new Organic Transition Initiative that will help build new and better markets and streams of income for farmers and producers. Organic production allows producers to hold a unique position in the marketplace and thus take home a greater share of the food dollar.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended a series of waivers to provide WIC families with additional formula options through the end of the year. The waivers, which were previously set to expire at the end of September, will now be available through the earlier of either Dec. 31, 2022, or 60 days after the expiration of the states COVID-19 major disaster declaration, ensuring WIC families have continued access to the formula they need.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant Made His Way to Halls Outside House Chambers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Barium Martin, 19, Julius Armstrong, 19, and Adairius Armstrong, 20, have pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Tennessee State Representative and Former Chief of Staff Charged with Bribery and Kickback Conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Four peer reviewers recently joined the EM Nevada Program in Las Vegas to participate in technical briefings, presentations and a tour of the Pahute Mesa groundwater region at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS ).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - As part of the federal strategy to reduce violent crime, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger released two public service announcements (PSA) to further the violent crime deterrence message.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County on Tuesday admitted using stolen identities in a series of frauds that cost victims $281,669.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Derek Owens (34, St. Petersburg) to nine years and three months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The court also ordered Owens to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Michigan man admitted on Aug. 22 to bringing fentanyl pills to the Rocky Boy’s Indian reservation for distribution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: A Texas dermatopathology clinic has agreed to pay the United States more than $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent lab claims to TRICARE and by knowingly concealing an obligation to repay the United States, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Pensacola has convicted Kenneth Ingram, 62, and Kadeem Ingram, 32, both of DeFuniak Springs, Florida for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Making Physical Contact With Two Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendants, Who Are Brothers, Accused of Assaulting Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant, DARIUS WILLIAMS a/k/a “D-Nice," of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk to a prison term of eighty (80) months for being a felon in possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: NEW ALBANY - Anthony Martinez, 32, of Scottsburg, Indiana, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbing a credit union and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in the Southern District of Indiana and robbing four banks in the Western District of Kentucky.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that $8.4 million in grant funding will be awarded to nonprofits and faith-based organizations across Michigan to help them protect their facilities against potential attacks -...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant Will Serve Five Years of Probation and Must Pay Back More Than $96,000.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The House section of the Congressional Record published “REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” on Aug. 19.
