News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Barber has sentenced Jarrett Parker Truman (25, Fort Myers) to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing an unregistered firearm. The Court also ordered Truman to forfeit the firearms and ammunition associated with the offenses. Truman had pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Patrick A. Groves, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application by Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Indiana, to acquire First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., and indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, First Midwest Bank, both of Chicago, Illinois.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the plenary speakers for the 2022 Agricultural Outlook Forum, themed “New Paths to Sustainability and Productivity Growth,” which will be held virtually Feb. 24–25, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Ryan Palmer, 53, of Sanpete County, was indicted by a grand jury last December in the District of Utah for a fraudulent scheme related to his farm equipment company, known as Palmer Equipment, LLC. In the indictment, Palmer is charged with bank fraud, wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering. The indictment alleges that Palmer defrauded 25 victims out of more than $1.2 million dollars in total.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: ABBOTSFORD, WI ‒ At the Abbotsford location of a popular Midwest tire sales-and-service provider, a worker mounting a new tire sustained fatal injuries after the tire came loose and struck him on July 28, 2021. A few weeks later, another worker from the same company suffered a similar fate at a Savage, Minnesota, location on Aug. 17, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 25 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in January.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: USDA Also Invests $48 Million in Projects to Protect Communities from Wildfire, Restore Forest Ecosystems and Improve Drinking Water
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) today announced 2021 achievements that elevate the nation-to-nation relationship and promote equitable access to USDA programs and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES MOORE was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for helping design and operate a scheme to defraud more than 800 investors of more than $57 million by making false and fraudulent representations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a joint public inquiry aimed at strengthening enforcement against illegal mergers. Recent evidence indicates that many industries across the economy are becoming more concentrated and less competitive - imperiling ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today announced an initiative aimed at improving job quality throughout the country. The “Good Jobs" initiative, led by the Department of Labor, will provide critical information to workers, employers and government entities as they seek to improve job quality, and create access to good union jobs - free from discrimination and harassment - for all workers and job seekers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Pennsylvania today, where she highlighted the investments in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, create good-paying union jobs, and help communities eliminate dangerous environmental conditions caused by past energy development.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on his lack of leadership during a public health crisis.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 19 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in January.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2022 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement delivering on the commitment to combat climate change and highlighting key accomplishments to combat climate change at the Department of Agriculture since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on Jan. 20, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of the forecast nor’easter that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. The storm is expected to bring heavy snow and winds at near hurricane force to coastal areas from Maryland to Maine this weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Funding Will Increase Access to Health Care, Education and Public Safety for the People Who Call Rural Communities Home
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the last group of Afghan nationals temporarily housed at Camp Atterbury, Indiana as part of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) departed the base. Camp Atterbury, Indiana is the fifth of eight Department of Defense (DOD) installations supporting the resettlement of Afghan nationals, ...
