News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement in response to a partisan Russia sanctions bill introduced by Congressional Republicans:
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has found $118,042 in back wages and liquidated damages due to 10 employees of a Jacksonville restaurant operator who forced servers to work for tips alone, denied overtime wages to others and failed to keep accurate records of the hours employees worked.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
The Office of the United States Trade Representative today released its annual “2021 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance,” laying out the Biden Administration’s assessment of China’s membership in the World Trade Organization.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack against Ukraine. Secretary Blinken thanked the Secretary-General for the commitment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury today returned a guilty verdict on Jacquan Abe, 24, of Albuquerque, for one count each of robbery, using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a stolen firearm. Abe will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
Release: Thank you, Madame Chair. I am pleased to be here on behalf of the United States to express our strong support for Ukraine and the intervention by the European Union. President Biden said unequivocally earlier this week- the United States is always ready for diplomacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: Murder Followed Botched Drug Transaction. WASHINGTON - Mason Binion, 35, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for a 2008 murder in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Binion...
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
Thank you, Special Representative La Lime, for your briefing on the situation in Haiti, and for the tireless work of you and your team in Haiti.
By Art Benavidez | Feb 25, 2022
To combat climate change and achieve other natural resource benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced agricultural producers and landowners can sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking legal action to get Hanover Foods Corporation to address numerous alleged violations at the company’s wastewater treatment facility in Hanover, Pennsylvania that included excessive levels of contaminants as well as floating solids and visible scum in the discharged water and receiving water.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had awarded a grant for over $65,000 to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands to update the United States Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetland Inventory maps for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that President Biden has appointed Dr. David Cash to become EPA's Regional Administrator for Region 1. Dr. Cash will lead the implementation of the Biden-Harris environmental agenda in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and in 10 Tribal Nations. Dr. Cash's appointment began on February 7, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) has adopted recommendations to present to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan on the agency’s implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman participated in a panel discussion with students at Tougaloo College. Tougaloo College, a historical black college, is home to a broad spectrum of disciplines and study areas and is one of many historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in which EPA seeks to strengthen relationships.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $130,243 penalty from Champion Brands LLC, a producer and seller of automotive lubricants, to resolve alleged violations of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. According to EPA, the company failed to submit required annual reports listing releases of toxic chemicals at the company’s facility in Clinton, Missouri.
By Steven Hughes | Feb 24, 2022
Alcir DeSouza pled guilty to a $50,000 penalty for deceiving federal workplace safety investigators.
By John Suayan | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee late last month sentenced a Knoxville man to a 20-year federal prison sentence for a pair of child exploitation offenses.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Tesla Motors Inc. EPA found Clean Air Act violations at their automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office recently awarded two 2021 Regional Wastewater Treatment Awards to a Maine wastewater facility and individual to recognize them for their commitment to improving water quality.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Biden Admin Is Stopping States from Recovering Fraudulent Payments.
