News from August 2022
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Aug. 4.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has processed more than 255,000 applications for the new Emergency Relief Program (ERP). USDA has made approximately $6.1 billion, to date, in payments to commodity and specialty crop producers to help offset eligible losses from qualifying 2020...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 5, 2022] - Glacier National Park has released the identity of the victim of a fall on Rising Wolf Mountain in the Two Medicine Valley as 79-year-old Bob Biondi of Lutz, Florida.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. One of the great benefits and great pleasures of taking part in the ASEAN meetings is the opportunity it also affords to get together and compare notes with our closest partners, starting with my longtime friend, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar. So this is...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto his flight at Bradley International Airport (BDL) on Thursday, August 4.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Labor has found that the wages of hundreds of painters and drywall workers employed by a Louisiana contractor on construction projects, including work at New Orleans’ Superdome, were tackled for a loss when their employer misclassified the workers as independent contractors, a common industry violation.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with Samoan Prime Minister Afioga Fiame Naomi Mataafa in Apia to discuss shared priorities for the Pacific region. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Prime Minister Fiame discussed bilateral cooperation ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the Biden administration declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Aug. 4.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: National Park Service Rangers from Indiana Dunes National Park will co-host the Chicago Day event at the East Troy Railroad Museum in Wisconsin on August 13th. The rangers will help tell the story of the Chicago South Shore Railroad, which has stopped at stations along the Indiana Dunes for more than...
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 5, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the death of the Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a press statement on Monday
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A federal investigation into the bounced payroll checks of 10 construction workers renovating a nursing home in Panama City, Florida, found the employer who issued the bad checks had also denied more than 800 workers overtime wages by misclassifying them as independent contractors.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act to help ensure women with disabilities-who face discrimination and extra barriers when seeking care-can access reproductive services and get the informed care they need to have control over their own reproductive lives.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of cities of Farmington, Fayetteville and Prairie Grove, and unincorporated areas of Washington County, Arkansas.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN):
By Karen Kidd | Aug 5, 2022
Taiwan tried to warn the world about COVID-19's transmissibility but China suppressed that information, according to a New Jersey radiologist.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC. CWMD’s Acting Assistant Secretary Gary Rasicot traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, this week to lead a bipartisan staff delegation from the House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee in a series of meetings with Georgia state officials and local leaders from three of CWMD’s signature...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Join a ranger for a birding-themed bike ride at the Indiana Dunes National Park’s Hobart Prairie Grove, Oak Savanna trail on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Bring your bike and we will provide the binoculars and take you to some fun spots to see birds and enjoy a morning bike ride. Get your exercise and learn some basic birding techniques.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
