News from December 2022

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s recent determination that multiple solar companies with ties to China were able to circumvent U.S. tariffs.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Participant: Blackstone Power Generation LLC, Blackstone, Massachusetts.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly. The Congresswomen introduced this legislation in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which found nearly two-thirds of colleges are not following best practice recommendations regarding financial aid offer letters.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Three men who sold a machine gun and silencer to an undercover ATF agent have been sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $6 million in funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support Tribal Nations across the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) in reducing nutrient pollution on Tribal lands in the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: A former supervisory correctional officer at the Kay County Detention Center (KCDC) was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for violating the civil rights of three pretrial detainees held at the KCDC.

By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Gina, thanks very much. Margrethe, Valdis, so wonderful to have you here with the three of us, with Katherine, with Gina. And I’ll add very little because we’re most anxious to get into this conversation and to hear from all of you.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: PUEBLO, CO - A federal workplace safety investigation into the deaths of two workers buried under a pile of shifting coal at a Pueblo industrial loading facility in June 2022 found that their employer failed to follow required federal standards and did not train workers on safety processes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: FBI Warns Online Shoppers of Holiday Scam Trends.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Dr. Victor Savinov, a medical doctor who practices and resides in the Eastern District of Michigan, has agreed to pay the United States $50,000 to resolve allegations that in 2009 he received remuneration in exchange for referring Medicare patients to third-party-owned home health agencies, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: According to court records, WILSON exited a vehicle on April 29, 2020, in Slidell, Louisiana, when gun fire erupted near the vehicle. Prior to the gun shots, WILSON had placed a Del-Ton Inc. DTI-15 5.56 mm caliber rifle in the trunk of the vehicle. WILSON was prohibited from possessing the rifle, as he had been convicted of simple robbery in 2014, in the 19th Judicial District of Louisiana.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: This emergency designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit, through emergency loans, to producers impacted by an animal quarantine designation. Emergency loans can be used to meet various needs including the replacement...

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - A survivor recently reported getting a text that their “federal government check in the amount of $2800 has been disbursed". The text instructed the survivor to visit a link and provide personal information for FEMA to verify. This is a scam. Scam attempts can be made over the phone, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: An Amarillo man who set off a bomb in his backyard, stashed a suicide vest in his alleyway, and privately plotted to blow up a local high school pleaded guilty today to a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) charge, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.