News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - An administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions to an acquaintance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Louis Thornton III (63, St. Petersburg) to three years and six months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining money through various Covid-19 relief programs, including the Small Business Administration (“SBA") Paycheck Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida -U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Johnson W. Eustache to five years in federal prison for wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. The court also ordered Eustache to forfeit approximately $700,000 seized from several bank accounts, as well as real properties in Palm Bay and Poinciana, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Cloud man was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing two drop-in auto sears, which are devices that convert semi-automatic firearm into fully automatic firearms. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced the defendant.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Tiffany Drake, a new site manager at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM), is passionate about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) outreach in the rural Missouri community where she lives. She shared her passion with high school students last fall during a career day at a local school and is meeting with local superintendents to learn more about how to provide STEM resources developed by LM.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: The National Park Service announced today the opportunity to provide input on a proposed temporary, full closure of the Blue Ridge Parkway motor road near Roanoke, Virginia on June 4-5, 2022, in conjunction with a Special Use Permit application currently being reviewed by park staff.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s first-year accomplishments to combat climate change and increase resiliency throughout rural America.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Southwest Regional Small Business Transportation Resource Center. grant opened on Jan. 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A Wasilla, Alaska, medical doctor was sentenced in federal court by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 34 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $25,000 for illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances to patients in his medical practice at the Camelot Family Health Clinic.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - Western Kentucky residents who applied for assistance with FEMA following the Dec. 10, 2021, severe storms and tornadoes and received a determination letter regarding their eligibility should read the letter carefully. It might not be the final answer.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - The National Service is proposing to rehabilitate the 1.1-mile Cleetwood Cove Trail and lakeside marina facilities. This trail is the most heavily used trail in the Crater Lake National Park and the only permitted access to the lakeshore. Every year, thousands of park visitors hike...
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
President Biden’s Washington-controlled subsidized child care will leave American families facing higher costs, less access to affordable care, and fewer choices.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
With the omicron variant causing a spike in COVID-19 cases, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee member Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M, (R-OH) outlined the need for clear, patient-focused communication between Americans and their doctors, instead of one–size-fits-all mandates from Washington, D.C.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
ADP Economist Nela Richardson poured cold water over the Biden Administration’s claims of historic job creation noting that President Biden hasn’t in fact created new jobs.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on news that inflation surged 7 percent year over year in December to the fastest rate since 1982.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park is seeking public input into the development of a frontcountry management plan. The frontcountry area of Kenai Fjords National Park, located around 10 miles northwest of Seward, Alaska, is the most frequently visited and only road-accessible area in the park.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Small business owners are struggling to manage their businesses and hire workers due to Bidenflation, the December Small Business Optimism (NFIB) Survey showed.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, PAS Request for Statements of Interest: Annual Program Statement grant opened on Jan. 18.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
EARLY CAREER: DRIVERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES grant opened on Jan. 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - An Urbana, Illinois, man, Curtis Coleman, 38, of the 1800 block of Oliver Drive, pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, 2022, to possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. Sentencing is scheduled for June 6, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. in the Urbana federal courthouse.
