News from August 2022

By David Beasley | Aug 27, 2022
A federal judge has sentenced a southern Arizona man to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute liquid methamphetamine.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Aug. 26.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Sean Hartung (Hartung), doing business as S & T Cattle of Haven Kan., on July 25, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Hartung waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $1,250.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 26, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $70.8 million in grant funding to 166 Native American entities to provide training services and employment to low-income and unemployed adults and youth.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on R & S Export & Import Inc., Doral, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and several Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration’s oversight of pandemic...

By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: The United States is designating Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez and Yacyretá Bi-National Entity Legal Counsel Juan Carlos “Charly" Duarte for involvement in significant corruption, including bribery of a public official and interference in public processes.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, and U.S. National Summit Coordinator Kevin O’Reilly announced that the first Cities Summit of the Americas will take place April 26-28, 2023, in Denver. The announcement came at a breakfast meeting of the Colorado Latin American and Caribbean Consuls hosted by Governor Polis.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 26, 2022
The United States remembered and honored the victims and survivors of the Ghouta, Syria, chemical weapons attack on the ninth anniversary of its occurrence.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: For the Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL), working in Manhattan is business as usual. As the official Department of Homeland Security lab for testing and evaluating current and emerging first responder technologies, NUSTL thrives amidst the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced more than $31 million in funding for 10 projects to develop carbon capture technologies capable of capturing at least 95 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from...

By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Jackman Florida Wagyu Beef LLC (Florida Wagyu) and Justin Ashley Jackman (Jackman), Clewiston, Fla., on July 13, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...