News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Deshay Malory, age 30, of Kalamazoo, to 120 months in federal prison for possessing a loaded, stolen firearm as a convicted felon in connection with cocaine dealing, one week after...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced an extension of the deadline for submitting prevailing wage survey by West Virginia’s highway construction industry employers to Dec. 18, 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - To help remove academic and training barriers faced by young people, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $90 million funding opportunity in YouthBuild Program grants to support pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including construction, healthcare, information technology and hospitality.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm raising concerns about potential damage to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to President Biden’s unprecedented drawdowns and DOE’s mismanagement of the national security asset.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the people and the Government of the United States of America, I extend my sincere best wishes to Barbados and its people as they celebrate their Independence Day on November 30.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In opening remarks at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a series of actions to support Tribally led conservation, education and economic development through a new Office of Strategic Partnerships. The Department also announced ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - During the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit, the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce outlined a series of new steps the agencies are taking to increase and strengthen Tribal participation in the management and stewardship of federal lands and waters.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the margins of the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bucharest. The Secretary reiterated to Foreign Minister Kuleba the United States’ enduring commitment ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Good morning. It is a pleasure to be back in Michigan, although I wish I had been here to participate in the Turkey Trot last week, which is an annual tradition for my family and me. It is especially a treat to be back in Detroit, with its rich history of music, art, architecture, and industrial innovation—which I will address today. I am also delighted to see some familiar faces.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The final defendant of four conspirators in an industrial-level pill-production operation is joining his mother and two other defendants in federal prison after all admitted participating in an operation that used pill presses to package and distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: NOAA and Microsoft have forged a formal agreement to harness Microsoft’s cloud computing tools and help advance NOAA’s mission to create a Climate-Ready Nation.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - The deadline for registering with FEMA has passed, but FEMA continues to work with the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management to help survivors and affected communities recover from the July flooding.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel December 5-11 to the United Kingdom, Italy, Vatican City, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic to further strengthen our bilateral relationships, deepen our unified support for Ukraine, coordinate on our response to the Russian Federation’s unprovoked war, and discuss our strategies in the Indo-Pacific.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer with using unreasonable force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Juan Octavio Iribe Laveaga, 35, of Norwalk, California, to 292 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Dec 1, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves visited Georgetown University, his law school alma mater, to discuss U.S. competitiveness to stress the impact on equity and resilience.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Biden-Harris administration today announced the launch of a new Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation program, led by the Department of the Interior, to assist Tribal communities severely impacted by climate-related environmental threats. Through investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn sentenced today Victoria Kerrigan Irby, 26, of Brevard, North Carolina, to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking narcotics, including fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jesus Manuel Castaneda-Villa pleaded guilty on Nov. 29 to carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury. Castaneda-Villa, 32, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
