News from February 2022
By Fed Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application by Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, to acquire Commonwealth Bancshares, Inc., and indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company, both of Louisville, Kentucky.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg. The Secretary expressed deep concern with the uptick in civilian casualties in Yemen as well as the region and condemned attacks by all parties that lead ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Tamara Browning | Feb 18, 2022
A required report presented by the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury to Congress shows that health plans and health insurance issuers are failing to deliver parity of benefits for people they cover who have mental health and substance-use disorders.
By Emily Bevard | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $145,027 in fines to Buffalo-based food manufacturer Rich Products Corps. after a willful violation led to the fatal injury of one worker.
By Bob Martin | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division recently held a Southeast Region for a Child Labor Lunch and Learn webinar in an effort to ensure that employers know the legalities of hiring minors.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) adopted recommendations yesterday to present to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan on the agency’s implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Bob Martin | Feb 18, 2022
January was National Human Tracking Prevention Month and as the month wound down the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division updated the public about its continued effort to combat labor trafficking.
By Emily Bevard | Feb 18, 2022
A rule issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation is set to protect airline passengers from unfair and deceptive practices by streamlining hearing procedures.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on Jan. 24 announced that will be helping tribes administer transportation programs through an assistance program.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves recently recalled aspirations of fallen civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr. during an appearance in Maryland.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 18, 2022
The United States is enduring a period of divisiveness and its diversity is one of its strengths, U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 18, 2022
The Department of Justice on Jan. 3 announced a new rule to help enable the safe and secure storage of firearms and published a Best Practices Guide for federal firearms licensees.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 18, 2022
New numbers collected by NOAA in recent months show a glimmer of hope for the critically endangered North Pacific right whale.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comments on a proposal to amend the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations to establish new regulations and standards governing the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of birds. The proposed regulations would apply to captive birds not bred for use in research.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne man was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, as well as creating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of 20 young victims, some of whom were infants.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing the highest number of border arrests in January in more than 20 years as the United States continues to face a crisis at our southern border...
