News from August 2022
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Louisville, KY - A Shelbyville, Kentucky woman was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for embezzling funds from her employer and including false information on her tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Flat Rock, NC - Due to the Front Lake bridge closure, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer shuttle service on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Friday, September 2 - Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. The free shuttle will transport visitors from the main parking lot, on Little River Road, to the Sandburg Home and goat farm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - RYAN P. MULLEN, age 41, a resident of Jayess, Mississippi, DUANE A. DUFRENE, age 55, a resident of Destrehan, Louisiana, DILLON J. ARCENEAUX, age 31, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, LANCE M. VALLO, age 37, a resident of Gueydan, Louisiana, GRANT C. MENARD, age 35, a resident of Kaplan...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, Traverse City, Michigan, to boost the outdoor recreation sector by enhancing trail capacity along the Manistee County Rural Communities Multi-Use Trail. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that $946,892 in federal grants has been allocated to Safe Alliance in Charlotte by the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), to expand access to legal services and improve the coordination of justice systems for victims of violence and sexual assault and their families.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 31, 2022
A U.S. Department of Labor program that holds violators accountable for violating workers’ rights has made substantial headway in the Southeast.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: For Violent Crimes. HAMMOND- Gustavo Mata, 29, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced United States Attorney Clifford...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is deleting the Chem-Solv, Inc. site in Cheswold, Delaware, from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Ocala, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Benjamin Townsel (23, Ocala) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Townsel had pleaded guilty on Feb. 17, 2022.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2022) – Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a $1.7 million settlement with The Andersons Marathon Holdings (Andersons Marathon) LLC to resolve alleged Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 30, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has penalized three companies to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). According to EPA, the companies installed and/or sold illegal “defeat devices” in vehicle engines designed to render emissions controls inoperative.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). SIPP is a longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information about income and assistance program participation of individuals and households in the United States. The survey collects data and measures change in characteristics like economic well-being, family dynamics, education, assets, health insurance, child care and food security.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Michael Lee Finn, Jr., 35, of Hawthorne, Florida, was sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison after pleading guilty on June 14, 2022, to production of child pornography. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentenced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service today awarded more than $11.2 million to 22 grant projects to strengthen and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. The funding is made possible through three grant programs administered...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Aug. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida lab owner has been charged with over $50 million in health care fraud related to fraudulent genetic cancer screening tests, Attorney for the United States Lee M. Cortes Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TERRENCE WILLIAMS pled guilty to conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (“NBA") Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan"). WILLIAMS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 25, 2023.
