News from January 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection to a more than $840,000 covid-relief fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
A Jackson man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
German national was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
William Guerrero, 20, of Brighton, Massachusetts was arrested today on a complaint charging him with participating in a conspiracy to steal firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers, U.S. Attorney John J. Farley announced today.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RENALDO RUFFIN, age 29, of New Orleans, was indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act on November 12, 2021.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of two cases in the Western District of Louisiana. Sentencing hearings were held yesterday in Alexandria and United States District Judge David C. Joseph

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2020 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary.

By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2022
A federal court in Virginia has entered a judgment ordering a Norfolk-based medical staffing agency, which intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses their rightfully earned overtime wages, to pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and liquidated damages.

By Trina Thomas | Jan 30, 2022
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy recently applauded the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for addressing the importance of the structural integrity of large buses in protecting occupants in a roll-over crash.

By Trina Thomas | Jan 30, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) announced recently that it is preparing to release a "proposed endangerment finding" on the level of air pollution caused by lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft powered by leaded fuel.

By Trina Thomas | Jan 30, 2022
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that it will disapprove of changes made by the State of Wyoming to its regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP).

By David Beasley | Jan 30, 2022
Gulpha Gorge Campground at Hot Springs National Park has grown too popular for "first come, first serve."

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Jan 30, 2022
Horse lovers looking for a chance to rescue a horse or burro, and possibly reap a small reward for doing so, can look to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for such an opportunity.

By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
Release: Tomorrow marks two years since U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs was taken hostage. Mark is a civil engineer who was helping with construction projects for the benefit of the Afghan people when he was taken captive. Despite his innocence, he remains held hostage by the Taliban and its affiliates.

By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and their legislative efforts to address it.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.