News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against an Owatonna sex offender for sending graphic threats detailing a murder plot against his former child sexual abuse victim, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By Steven Hughes | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering taking another look at a 2020 report on national emissions standards for hazardous air pollution from certain chemical manufacturers but will continue to use its own peer-reviewed metrics.
By Press Release | Feb 8, 2022
On heels of political targeting and ongoing release of taxpayer data, the nation’s tax collector is asking for a bigger role in Americans’ lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - United States Attorney Clare E. Connors and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Merrill announced that the United States Attorney today filed separate informations charging Jamie Kalani English, age 54, and Ty Cullen, age 41, each with one count of honest services wire fraud. Court appearances for both defendants are expected shortly.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
FY22 Conservation Innovation Grants Vermont State Program grant opened on Feb. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography crime.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to France, February 8-11, to participate in the One Planet Summit for the Ocean (One Ocean Summit), sponsored by the Government of France. Assistant Secretary Medina will speak ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - John Cooley, age 20, of Nottingham, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to France, February 8-11, to participate in the One Planet Summit for the Ocean (One Ocean Summit), sponsored by the Government of France. Assistant Secretary Medina will speak...
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 County Business Patterns (CBP) First Look data table. This preliminary tabulation includes the number of establishments; employment for the week of March 12, 2020; first quarter payroll; and annual payroll at the NAICS sector level (i.e., 2-digit NAICS) for the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced they are working in a bipartisan way to reauthorize, improve, and expand federal mental health and substance use disorder programs.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.9 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: ONAGA, KS ‒ Amid the pandemic, U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving those in need. In fact, workers in the healthcare and social assistance industries combined, suffered more injuries and illnesses than workers in any industry in the nation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the National Labor Review Board’s (NLRB or Board) improper seating of David Prouty.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM and its contractors like to keep their ears open in the local area for small businesses that can help address unexpected problems, especially during the pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $2.3 million to North Carolina as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Victor Adams, 45, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly on the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Eight Virginia men, who conspired to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, have been sentenced to federal prison.
