News from February 2022
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for February 2022, which are effective Feb. 1. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. policy in the wake of Sudan’s October 25th coup. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Mary Catherine ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: The Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) welcomed four new members who will bring additional perspectives and experience to its roster.
By Caleb Lombardo | Feb 1, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security joined individuals and organizations in the U.S. and worldwide in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 95 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in January.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new USDA Market News Mobile Application, providing producers and everyone else in the supply chain with instant access to current and historical market information. The initial version of the free app includes nearly 800 livestock, poultry, and grain market reports, with additional commodities added throughout the coming year.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 20 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in January.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern regarding the energy ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington - 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - United States District Judge David M. Lawson approved the results of the referendum of the membership of the International United Auto Workers union and ordered the union to make a historic change to its constitution to provide for the direct election of the UAW’s officers, sometimes referred...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARRY DUCLOS, 43, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 170 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl analogues on the dark web and firearm offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: ONE-PAGER: Democrats Concede to China in So-Called Competition Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland yesterday released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act, legislation to curb deadly air pollution from fossil fuel-fired sources and advance an equitable transition to clean energy alternatives while supporting workers and local communities.
By David Beasley | Feb 1, 2022
The United States has issued a written response to Russia in hopes of preventing an invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: An EM team was recently honored with the Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award for its professional expertise and pursuit of project management excellence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Bureau of Land Management California Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge has sentenced the last of four defendants involved in a mail and wire fraud scheme aimed at defrauding investors.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Methyl Bromide Transition Program grant opened on Feb. 1.
By Steven Hughes | Feb 1, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration invested a large amount of money toward Louisiana wetlands to help Louisiana’s fishing industry.
