News from August 2022
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park’s longtime partner, the Cave Research Foundation (CRF), has been awarded the 2021 George and Helen Hartzog Regional Group Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from the National Park Service’s (NPS) Volunteers-In-Parks program. This award recognizes the exemplary contribution the CRF has made to Mammoth Cave National Park and the community through their ongoing scientific cave research and discoveries.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 2, 2022
A Reston, Va., technical and engineering contractor had to pay $268,014 in back wages for 63 workers for failing to pay part of their wages and benefits while working on a Department of Defense project in Havelock.
By Karen Kidd | Aug 2, 2022
Premier League soccer fans were warned to look out for counterfeit merchandise and tickets for the July 20 preseason match between Manchester City and Club America at NGR Park in Houston.
By Karen Kidd | Aug 2, 2022
A former president of a Michigan public school board was charged earlier this month in a $560,000 bribery scheme with a local contractor.
By Trina Thomas | Aug 2, 2022
The Biden administration recently announced additional measures to support farmers harmed by the pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 3.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
Release: National Renewable Energy Lab to Administer Consortium to Rapidly Reduce Cost and Speed Deployment of American-Made Solar Technologies, Securing the Nation with Cleaner Energy and Good Jobs
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer congratulations to the people of Benin on the sixty-second anniversary of Benin’s independence.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Secretary General Guterres, President Zlauvinen – thank you – Director General Grossi: Thank you all for your longstanding leadership on nonproliferation.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement that it successfully carried out a counterterrorism operation against Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, through a drone strike in Afghanistan...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Demetrice “Peanut" Parker, 47, of Waycross Georgia, was sentenced to 207 months in prison for illegal possession of a gun and his part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that was responsible for the distribution of more than 37 kilograms of methamphetamine and 300 grams of heroin from Georgia to the Eastern District of North Carolina between 2018 and 2021. Parker had previously been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges in Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: Long Hot Summer of Biden-Flation Continues As Breakfast Sandwiches, Fast Food, and Ice Cream Prices Rage.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Aug. 1.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A team of engineers at EM ’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has been recognized nationally for their outstanding paper submission for the Waste Management (WM) 2022 Conference held earlier this year.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: The United States is designating six entities facilitating illicit transactions related to Iranian petroleum as well as petroleum and petrochemical products, key sources of revenue for the Iranian government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced 42-year-old Palacio Valdes Farley to over 14 years in prison for conspiring to traffic marijuana, eutylone, and MDMA, as well as conspiring to launder proceeds of the illegal drug activity.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: WAPAKONETA, OH - Federal safety investigators found workers at General Aluminum Mfg. Co.’s Wapakoneta site exposed to machine hazards, just 36 days after they found similar violations at the aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer’s facility in Conneaut.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: EAST LANSING, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a field hearing in East Lansing to examine federal efforts and coordination with state and local governments to clean up and prevent contamination from per- and polyfluoralkyl...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstration grant opened on Aug. 2.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requesting documents and information about CPSC’s failure to establish safety standards or provide warnings to consumers on the significant health risks posed by air pollutants emitted from gas stoves despite having knowledge of potential risks as early as 1986.
