News from August 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There are seven releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has found Michael Tyrone Young (32, Ocala) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Young faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2022. Young had been indicted on December 7, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) today awarded $489,200 in Battlefield Interpretation Grants to six projects that will enhance visitor experiences at more than two dozen battlefields from Massachusetts to Georgia. This grant program funds projects...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) traveled to Houston, Texas, to hear environmental justice concerns from organizations representing communities ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to Saline County, Missouri, to support tourism by building a new visitors center. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the current water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PADEN CITY, W.V. (Aug. 24, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership visited formerly abandoned sites in northeastern West Virginia today that are undergoing cleanup or have now been revitalized, thanks to funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that the defendant RICHARD JONES, age 22, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Aug. 23, 2022 before U.S. District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to a federal weapons violation of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released today, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) has delivered significant reductions in diesel emissions to protect human health and improve air quality in communities across America. DERA legislation, a bipartisan effort authorized by Congress, emphasizes maximizing health benefits, serving areas of poor air quality, and conserving diesel fuel.
By Andy Nghiem | Aug 31, 2022
A bipartisan group of leaders of two House committees have sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a letter expressing concerns over reported security vulnerabilities.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Director Johns Draws on Personal Experience To Guide Equitable, Sustainable Energy Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Versailles man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for possessing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 31, 2022
A federal appeals court unanimously ruled a Lake County, Minn., iron ore mine owner flagrantly broke the Mine Safety and Health Act in 2016 by ordering miners to work on an elevated walkway that had been deemed unsafe for more than a year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: POCATELLO - A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Malaysia on the occasion of your National Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts attorney and his wife have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Beginning on Sept. 1, park officials will put annual closures in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. In 2020, the closure time extended to 10 a.m. from 7 a.m. due to a significant increase in visitors approaching elk when the morning...
By Lucas Nava | Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration updated a 2013 study on the risk of female death rates compared to male death rates in vehicle collisions with similar physical effects.
