News from August 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: J. Smith: Democrats Ignore Their Own Warnings About Raising Taxes in a Recession.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
U.S. Embassy Port of Spain Fiscal Year 2022 - Public Affairs - Annual Program Statement grant opened on Aug. 9.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary Jan Adams in Canberra, Australia, to discuss the importance of deepening engagement and cooperation with our partners in the Pacific ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key Committee priorities...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that additional disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky after President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. authorized an increase in the level of federal funding for emergency work as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning on July 26, 2022, and continuing.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: The United States and South Africa enjoy a strategic partnership with a strong network of people-to-people relationships with businesses, non-governmental organizations, universities, cultural institutions, and individual citizens. As a global voice, strong and vibrant democracy, and a country built ...
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Oak Creek, Wisconsin August 5-6 to participate in the 10th Annual Oak Creek Sikh Memorial Anniversary Candlelight Remembrance Vigil. The event convened federal and state government representatives, civil society,...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A joint federal/state Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Cherokee County to help survivors affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred May 2-8.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: We commend the signing of the Peace Agreement in Doha and welcome this step toward reconciliation in Chad. We acknowledge the role of the Government of Qatar, the Chadian transitional government, and political-military voices in this process, and encourage all Chadian groups to join in ensuring peace, prosperity, and stability.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: A federal judge in the Southern District of Georgia today sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life plus 10 years in prison; and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, to life plus seven years in prison; and William “Roddie" Bryan, 52, to 35 years in prison, for committing federal hate crimes and other offenses ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
FY 2022 Discretionary Funding Opportunity: Mobility, Access & Transportation Insecurity: Creating Links to Opportunity grant opened on Aug. 9.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Palen Solar Project, a 457-megawatt photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, California, has reached full power operation. The project - which will supply enough energy to power approximately 116,000 homes and includes 50 megawatts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that two Virginia landlords have agreed to pay $225,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by obtaining unlawful court judgments against military tenants at the Hideaway at Greenbrier Luxury Apartment Homes in Chesapeake, Virginia, and the Chase Arbor Apartments in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Brady: Every American Should Worry About an IRS with Power to Target Based on Political, Religious Beliefs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Adjustment to Previously Funded Award (OJJDP FY 2021 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence) grant opened on Aug. 9.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: HEBRON, KY - The initial discovery of illegal pay practices at a Hebron, Kentucky, warehouse by the U.S. Department of Labor led to a broader investigation that found systemic overtime violations by a California-based warehouse operator and e-commerce distributor, and a determination that the employer owes $1,025,909 in back wages to 995 warehouse workers in Kentucky and California.
