News from August 2022

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 15, 2022
Although China responded to a high-ranking U.S. official's visit to Taiwan with military exercises, the maneuvers aren't raising concerns that the communist country intends to forcibly take over the island any time soon.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
There were 44 press releases published by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in July.

By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 15, 2022
The signing of the CHIPS and Science Act puts $100 million in an International Technology Security and Innovation Fund to support secure semiconductor supply chains and the development of secure telecommunications networks.

By Lucas Nava | Aug 15, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued a public statement following the advancing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the Senate.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 15, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced 32 grant awards in the Good Jobs Challenge to industry-led workforce training partnerships around the nation Aug. 3.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 15, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced $401 million for high-speed internet access for tens of thousands in rural American to provide the critical service in those areas.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 15, 2022
A Baton Rouge roofing contractor faces consequences after an employee’s fatal fall off a roof two months after federal safety inspectors issued a warning it was not complying with fall protection requirements.
By David Beasley | Aug 15, 2022
A discount retailer agreed to pay a $751,055 federal fine for marketing and selling unregistered disinfectants in historically underserved and disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout Arizona, California and Nevada.

By Tamara Browning | Aug 15, 2022
A high-ranking member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) international gang who was arrested on June 15 in Annapolis, Maryland, is being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Man on supervised release sentenced to 5 years in prison for possessing firearms
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Lyft Driver With Pending Warrant Indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon Following Car Crash
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Mobile, Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting K9 and Possessing a Firearm as a Felon
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Indianapolis Felon Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms, Including a Stolen Handgun
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A woman from Ohio on Monday admitted lying about a missing teen in an attempt to recover money that was intercepted on its way to romance scammers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Timothy Mills, II (38, Jacksonville) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Mills was also ordered to forfeit the firearm. Mills had pleaded guilty on May 24, 2022.
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Omaha Man Sentenced for False Statements in Acquiring Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. -Last week, Avery Ulate, 39, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 300 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Ulate previously pleaded guilty to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.
By Press release submission | Aug 15, 2022
Omaha Man Sentenced for Conspiracy To Distribute and Possess With Intent To Distribute Fentanyl Analogue