News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Security of the Capitol Campus since the Attack of January 6, 2021.


Tiverton Man Arrested, Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Tiverton man allegedly found to be in possession of more than 150 images and videos depicting child sexual abuse was arrested on Tuesday on a charge of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - A Twin Falls, Idaho, man was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on March 14

Building the Capacity to Support Legal and Evidence-Based Pretrial Decisions at the State and Local Level grant opened on Jan. 12.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, ...


News Release: Flagstaff, AZ - A fugitive from Birmingham, Alabama was arrested by the United States Marshals Service, and the Flagstaff Police Department, in Flagstaff, AZ on Jan. 12, 2022. Joshua Sanders was wanted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations for his involvement in a double homicide that occurred on Thursday, January 6, 2022, resulting in a mother and daughter being killed.


Belmont County man admits to drug charges

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - William Tyrone Stovall, of Bridgeport, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


DOS-HUN grant application closes on Feb. 15

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Hungary 2022 grant opened on Jan. 12.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state and local...


Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate renew workplace safety alliance in Kansas, Missouri

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently renewed its alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Kansas City, continuing its shared effort to promote health and workplace safety for Mexican nationals working in Kansas and Missouri.


Middletown drug ring leader connected to Sinaloa Drug Cartel sentenced to 25 years in prison

News Release: CINCINNATI - A Middletown man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 300 months in prison for his role in a local narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A couple who formerly resided in Hampton pleaded guilty today to submitting fraudulent disaster-related loan applications in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.


DOL-ETA-VETS grant application closes on March 2

Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans' Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Female Veterans' and Veterans' with Children Program (HFVVWC) (referred to collectively as HVRP) grant opened on Jan. 12.


Dominican National Indicted on Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Boston was indicted by a federal grand jury today on three drug-trafficking charges involving fentanyl.


Labor Department recovers millions for participants in Minnesota ESOP

More than $9.3 million dollars has been recently recovered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for employees participating in a Minneapolis manufacturing company’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) after the trustee was found to have overpaid for stock in 2011.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Republican Leader Mike ...


Foxx, McCarthy Demand Transparency from Cardona on School Closures and ARP Funds

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding to know why there has been so little oversight of the $120 billion in American Rescue Plan funding given ...


News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The leader of a conspiracy that used forged prescriptions to obtain and sell large amounts of highly addictive opioids has been sentenced to federal prison.


News Release: LACEY, WA. - Residents of Clallam, Skagit and Whatcom counties and members of the Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe or the Quileute Tribe who were affected by the Nov. 13-15, 2021 floods and mudslides can apply to FEMA for help with temporary housing expenses, basic home repairs or other essential disaster-related needs that are not covered by insurance.


Police Impersonators And Bronx Drug Dealer Charged With Narcotics And Firearm Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today that RASHIEM COUNCIL, PARIS FULTON, and TERRENCE MCKEE, were charged by Complaint for their participation in a drug trafficking...