News from February 2022
By Sam Jackson | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $159,256 in unpaid wages after an investigation uncovered that a potato farm in Idaho shortchanged its workers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation announced that the WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects grant opportunity is now available for small, on-the-ground projects that conserve, better manage or use water more efficiently in the West. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, when enacted, 2022 appropriations will fund the selected projects.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 21-year-old Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 4.5 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 24, 2022
A serial sex trafficker in Boston was sentenced to over 11 months in prison on Feb. 10 following over 15 years of exploitation in the state of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Lionel Woodley, 36, of St. Croix, appeared before Judge Wilma A. Lewis, in U.S. District Court and was sentenced on the charge of Felon in Possession of Firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: FORT WAYBE, IN - El operador de siete restaurantes del área de Fort Wayne estafó a 17 de sus gerentes cuando se determinó que el salario que les pagaba era insuficiente para eximir al empleador de su obligación de pagar horas extras. Esto implicó una violación de los requisitos de pago de horas extras cuando los empleados trabajaban más de 40 horas en una semana laboral, según descubrió una investigación del Departamento Laboral de EE. UU.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
FY22 WIC FMNP Benefit Delivery Modernization Grants grant opened on Feb. 24.
By Sam Jackson | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $63,000 in back wages after an investigation found that the operator of seven restaurants in Indiana wrongly denied overtime to 17 of its managers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - A $6.5 million infrastructure makeover of the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will begin March 2, the Bureau of Land Management announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A U.S. District Court Judge in South Florida has sentenced a 26-year-old Fort Pierce man to 121 months in federal prison for trafficking nearly 400 grams of fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - Yesterday, a Mexican national was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large marijuana conspiracy.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott, HBCU Caucus Chair and Agriculture Committee Vice Chair Alma Adams, Agriculture Research Subcommittee Chair Stacey Plaskett, and Agriculture Committee Member Al Lawson today in a letter called on Governors and state leaders to address funding disparities between 1890 and 1862 Land-Grant Institutions.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Vietnam, February 22-25, to meet with government officials, civil society representatives, and business leaders to build consensus on key actions to address the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: On behalf of United States of America, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan on the occasion of his 62nd birthday this February 23. As His Majesty reflected in his New Year’s message, overcoming many of the global challenges we face today starts with cherishing ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a six page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jimmy Cantelmo, age 33, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 23, 2022, by a federal grand jury on escape charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Six individuals from Maine and Massachusetts were arrested yesterday in connection with their roles in an alleged fentanyl trafficking organization with activity that spanned across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
