News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022



News Release: BOISE - Two men from southern Idaho were sentenced to federal prison in separate firearms cases this week, announced Josh Hurwit, the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho.


KC Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Claiming to Hire Ex-Cons for Non-profit Agency

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who operates a non-profit agency has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming to employ convicted felons who were on federal court supervised release.


Discovering Trends in the 2019 National Farmers Market Managers Survey


USDA Recommends Adding Food Safety Items to Your Back-to-School List


FNS Awards Nearly $709K to District of Columbia to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP


USDA Announces New Opportunities to Improve Nutrient Management


USDA Investing $197 Million in Partner-Driven, Locally led Conservation


USDA to Invest $5 Million in the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program


USDA Recommends Adding Food Safety Items to Your Back-to-School List


APHIS Adds the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Benin, and the Republic of Botswana to the List of Regions Affected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $74 Million to Improve Health Care for People Living in 37 States, Guam and Puerto Rico


USDA Invests $2.2 Million in Risk Management Education for Farmers, Including Historically Underserved and Small-scale 


Hattiesburg Man Sentenced to over 12 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.


US Department of Labor launches 5-year initiative in Mid-Atlantic states, to reduce worker injuries, illnesses in warehousing, storage, distribution yards

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently launched a regional initiative in three Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia in an effort to protect workers and reduce injuries and illnesses in the warehousing, storage and distribution yards' industries.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A federal jury today convicted a Washington man of drug trafficking charges after he was accused of bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl to Great Falls and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for distribution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.5 Monthly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.5 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). Phase 3.5 includes new questions on timing of positive coronavirus test, use of coronavirus treatments, the experience of long-COVID symptoms, amount of monthly rent and changes in monthly rent, children's mental health and difficulty with self-care and communicating. Questions related to food expenditures were reinstated this phase.


News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Wynne, Arkansas man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.


Texan gets max for smuggling people behind produce

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old San Benito man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of illegally transporting undocumented aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.