News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $72.9 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to fund innovative projects designed to support the expanding specialty crop sector and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale has sentenced Timothy Terrance DeJoris (42, Ponte Vedra) to six months’ probation and a $2,500 fine for importing from China a mislabeled erectile dysfunction drug and distributing it online and in the Jacksonville area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: A well-known dog-fighting trainer and breeder, who owned Cane Valley Kennels, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of five years in prison resulting from an investigation into a significant multi-state dog-fighting and cocaine trafficking ring.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today applauded the news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has allocated ...
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
An Evansville man was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today for a firearms offense related to his shooting of two individuals.According to court documents, on June 13, 2020, the Evansville Police Department responded to the intersection of U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
EM is upgrading a historic reactor at Oak Ridge to keep the facility in a safe mode until its demolition is scheduled.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: MS KVIEN: Hello, everybody. It’s great to see you all. And Mr. Secretary, I think you’ve been briefed that we have some of our folks here in person, but we also have some folks online. So the audience is actually significantly bigger than we have here in the atrium. So we’re glad that everybody could join us online and here in person. It’s great to welcome you back to Kyiv.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A 46- year-old Auburn, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 6 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for trafficking in stolen goods and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Supporting 1890 Centers of Excellence and 1890 Scholars
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) welcomed four new members who will bring additional perspectives and experience to its roster.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A 55-year-old resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, made his initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Key West, Florida to face money laundering charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
There were 91.9 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of Jan. 1, 2022, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares today in Washington, D.C. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed the importance of coordinating actions in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Rockdale County, Ga., nurse practitioner faces substantial time in federal prison after a jury found her guilty of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and other counts in a multimillion-dollar telemedicine fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) demanded that Democrats start taking Americans’ inflation and supply chain concerns seriously at today’s hearing on price gouging.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv as part of our close and continued coordination with Ukraine following the U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue in Geneva, the NATO-Russia Council ...
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack selected 12 members to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inaugural Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture to provide input on policy development and to help identify barriers to urban agriculture as USDA works to promote urban farming and the economic opportunities it provides in cities across the country.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks on the crisis in Ukraine at 9:45 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 (3:45 p.m. CET) from Berlin, Germany. Atlantik-Brücke in partnership with the American Council on Germany, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Aspen Institute Germany will host Secretary Blinken for his remarks.
