News from August 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.9 million grant to City of South Amboy, Inc., South Amboy, New Jersey, for road and sewer infrastructure improvements to spur economic development. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, a federal jury found Eric David Marrufo, 43, of Tucson, Arizona, guilty of five counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child. Marrufo is being held in custody pending sentencing, which is scheduled for Oct. 24, 2022, before United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Wilmington woman pled guilty in federal court on Aug. 12, 2022, to three counts of tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews accepted the plea.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $70.8 million in grant funding to 166 Indian and Native American entities to help provide employment and training services to low-income and unemployed Native American adults and youth - including American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian adults and youth - and create pathways to middle-class careers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - A Southfield man was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison on charges of wire fraud and identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud and obtain more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits from the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $26 million in grant funding to improve how unemployment insurance benefits are delivered to people facing obstacles to access in California, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada and West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has admitted in federal court that he robbed eight Chicago-area banks over a seven-month period in 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: Employer: Always Reliable Management Services Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - Two Washington residents suspected of picking up six Mexican nationals who crossed illegally into the United States from Canada through a remote area in Lincoln County were convicted of charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Aug. 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Pound, Virginia man on Aug. 11, 2022 for conspiring to steal pandemic unemployment benefits as part of a larger scheme involving at least 37 other co-conspirators.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended a series of waivers to provide WIC families with additional formula options through the end of the year. The waivers, which were previously set to expire at the end of September, will now be available through the earlier of either Dec. 31, 2022, or 60 days after the expiration of the state’s COVID-19 major disaster declaration, ensuring WIC families have continued access to the formula they need.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: NORTH BARRINGTON, IL - A Roselle contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations who currently owes more than $390,000 in penalties, added an additional $303,105 in proposed fines for once again exposing workers to potential deadly fall hazards at a North Barrington job site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Beyah Islam Basha, 44, of Perry, Florida, of two counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The guilty verdict, returned yesterday, at the conclusion of a two-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Shane Theisz, 44, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
