News from January 2022
By Art Benavidez | Jan 12, 2022
Marty Walsh, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, recently released a statement based on the December 2021 Employment Situation Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: For Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.
By George Willis | Jan 12, 2022
A nationwide monitoring effort is planned regarding the presence of so-called forever chemicals, which scientists say Americans have been exposed to widely.
By Steven Hughes | Jan 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor investigated several cotton gin employers for not meeting standards set forth by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Hill, age 40, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2022, to 33 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for a firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and local law enforcement leaders are requesting citizens to report the whereabouts of the most wanted fugitives identified by Macon Regional Crimestoppers (MRCS).
By John Kelly | Jan 12, 2022
A Long Island court order is mandating that a Danny Gargan and Gargan Stables Corp. pay restitution to employees as a result of allegations of wage theft and falsified records to hide the missing wages.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Report details regional and national strategies to support the Administration’s goals for offshore wind deployment.
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) cleanup crews are ahead of schedule on a project to protect Idaho's Snake River Plain Aquifer after removing the final amount of buried waste at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
FY 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Technical Support to Central American Minors (CAM) Program Petitioners grant opened on Jan. 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly possessed firearm and nearly 30 grams of crack cocaine and fentanyl for distribution.
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 12, 2022
A bill that would move future retirees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) into the Medicare system is currently moving through the House, causing some experts to worry that the additional spending will strain a system already facing substantial shortfalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man was sentenced today to 21 years and 10 months in prison for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Christopher Lee Foster, 36, of Oak Hill, previously pleaded guilty to the charge in September 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Today, NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use. Offshore wind energy development plays an important role in how the U.S. is leading the charge to combat the climate crisis, and build a clean energy economy and climate-ready nation.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a fourth exchange of 870,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Shell Trading (US) Company from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This release falls under the authorization published in the DOE announcement on Nov. 23, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man pled guilty to unlawfully obstructing, delaying, and affecting commerce by using actual force or violence to steal a firearm from Academy Sports + Outdoors, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following talks between NATO and Russia on the situation in Ukraine:
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
Release: DETROIT - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Friday, Jan. 14-Saturday, Jan. 15 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño (42, Colombia), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. Gomez-Lubo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
