News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


First Of Two Convicted At Trial In Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A Michigan man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property.


2022 Halloween Late Skate

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


Doctor Mary Walker at Chatham Manor

News Release: Mary Walker was born in Oswego, New York in 1832. In 1855, she received a medical degree from the Syracuse Medical College,.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Mendelson: Safety failures ‘can have life-threatening consequences for workers’

An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has affirmed U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations and $24,290 in penalties against a Brookfield, Vt., telecommunications contractor due to an employee’s death.


Laush: Fundamental duty of government "is to keep people safe'

A Department of Justice update on federal efforts to combat violent crime in the Chicago area was released by the agency's Northern District of Illinois last week.


Carbon Tetrachloride; Revision to Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Determination; Notice of Availability discussed on Dec. 27 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A Michigan man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property.


LaCounte: Electric power rate increase in Arizona ‘ensures BIA can continue to provide safe and reliable services into the future’

The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is raising electric power rates for the San Carlos Irrigation Project-Power Division in Arizona.


New Britain Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RIGOBERTO MATEO-SILVA, also known as “Bori," 30, of New Britain, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2022 Halloween Late Skate Fishing

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Emergency Declaration for New York

News Release: WASHINGTON ­-- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of New York to supplement state and local response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning Dec. 23 and continuing.


First of Two Convicted at Trial in Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

News Release: A Michigan man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Shaun Rudy Knox, 33, of St. Francis, South Dakota, was sentenced Dec. 20, 2022, by United States District Court Judge Raner C. Collins to 18 months in prison. Knox earlier pleaded guilty to four counts of Indecent Exposure.


Fox: 'Boise can upgrade wastewater treatment technology' thanks to WIFIA loan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced Boise, Idaho, will receive a $263 million loan for its water system.


Granholm: Rodriques joins the department ‘at a critical moment’

A nationally recognized expert in clean energy policy and programs is the new assistant secretary of energy.


Vilsack: Research with wild and domestic animals will 'accelerate our understanding of the COVID virus'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is developing new tests and tools to identify and track the virus that causes COVID-19 in wild and domestic animals.


News Release: Visual Art Residency 2023. Natalia Torres del Valle is an artist who works out of her studio in Hillsborough, NC. She is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and a teaching artist through various organizations such as the North Carolina...