News from December 2022
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that enforcement and compliance actions by its Employee Benefits Security Administration recovered more than $1.4 billion for retirement, health and welfare benefits plans, participants and beneficiaries in fiscal year 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, lauded passage of critical homeland security measures included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which passed the House of Representatives today and will be sent to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former soldier paid for submitting false information to obtain COVID-19 relief funding and a Camden County woman who received funding after providing fake documents have been sentenced to federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN JONES, SR., 58, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Judge Thompson also ordered Jones to serve 200 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Houston Field Office congratulates four Houston area law enforcement officers on their graduation from the FBI National Academy (NA), Class #284, in Quantico, Virginia. Each of the following graduates represents a law enforcement agency based within the FBI Houston area of responsibility, which includes 40 southeast Texas counties.
By EPA Newswire Report | Dec 13, 2022
Radhika Fox, the assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said that the EPA has put out advice for states about ways they can study and decrease the amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water sources.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire Report | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded New Jersey nearly $169 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for water infrastructure improvements.
By Tamara Browning | Dec 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has signed an agreement with the Monacan Indian Nation that will facilitate use of local food from underserved producers.
By Gregory Burnett | Dec 13, 2022
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for narcotics and firearms offenses.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Reynard Lewis, age 29, formerly of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged on December 6, 2022, by a federal grand jury with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, identification and access device, and false statement offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Eric Mohan, 48, of Manchester, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for a string of bank robberies in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- On the night of Dec. 10, 2021, deadly tornadoes swept through Western Kentucky, causing an estimated $305 million in damage to homes, churches and businesses in Mayfield, Dawson Springs, Bowling Green and other communities.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: KEWAUNEE, WI - Federal safety inspectors have determined that a falling load from a below-the-hook magnet crushed the leg of an employee at a Kewaunee heavy fabrication manufacturing company on June 7, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated with Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Dec. 13.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
Release: Today, the United States is removing 17 individuals from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. We are also designating four Zimbabwean individuals and two entities. The Zimbabwe sanctions program targets human rights abusers and those who undermine democratic processes or...
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: I join President Ruto and all Kenyans in celebrating 59 years of Kenyan independence. The close cooperation between Kenya and the United States on a wide range of shared priorities is a testament to the depth of our friendship and shared values. We greatly appreciate Kenya’s leadership in promoting peace ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
