News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has opened the South Side Trail, a scenic, winding route paralleling the Elk River in the Headwaters Forest Reserve, and announced a free nature writing workshop, also at the Headwaters Forest.


Crapo: Historically High Inflation Fueled by Reckless Spending

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the below statement following the release of the consumer price index (CPI) for June, which shot up to 9.1 percent year-over-year, the highest since 1981.


BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Franklin Furnace, Ohio

News Release: MILWAUKEE - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event August 12-13, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Ohio Horse Park, 400 Bobcat Lane, Franklin Furnace, Ohio.


News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deschutes Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to renew grazing permits for five allotments near La Pine, OR. Public input will help to inform an environmental assessment (EA) focused on the La Pine Grazing Allotments Renewal Project. The 30-day public scoping period starts today and ends Aug. 15, 2022.


There were nine press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in June.


Eight press releases published in June by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in June.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading on bipartisan solutions to strengthen our communications networks and improve health care services for seniors.


How politicians on Energy and Commerce Committee dealt with bills on July 13

There was activity on five bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 13.


US Department of Labor obtains court order preventing Queens retailers  from intimidating workers, obstructing federal wage investigation

News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order to prevent two Astoria, New York, discount stores and their owners and manager from threatening workers and obstructing an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division.


News Release: On the eve of the Ukraine Accountability Conference, the United States calls on Russia to immediately halt its systematic “filtration” operations and forced deportations in Russian-controlled and held areas of Ukraine. The unlawful transfer and deportation of protected persons is a grave breach of the ...


Mining Reform Interagency Group to Hold Public Listening Sessions, Extends Comment Period to Gather Feedback for Reforming Mining Laws

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the dates of public listening sessions hosted by the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting to gather information and develop recommendations for improving federal hardrock mining regulations, laws and permitting processes.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Portman, Risch Lead Bill to Combat Crisis at the Southern Border

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Solving the Border Crisis Act. This bill will secure the southern border by resuming construction of the border wall, strengthening management and enforcement capacities, and upholding the rule of law.


Campfire Restrictions Lifted

News Release: With the recent rain, cooler and damper conditions, and the resulting reduction in fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula, effective immediately all campfire and fire restrictions for Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Chugach National Forest lands on the Kenai Peninsula are...


There was activity on one bill related to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Committee on July 13.


News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Nishera Remon Johnson (41, Silver Springs Shores) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine, cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana) and one count of possession of ...



Release: Starting July 13, 2022, the APHIS Core Message Set Help Desk will be staffed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time to assist stakeholders submitting APHIS Core Message Sets in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).



DOE-GFO grant application closes on Oct. 17

DE-FOA-0002582 PVRD FOA grant opened on July 14.