News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Federal inspection finds Dollar General store in Greencastle again, exposes workers to safety hazards despite 2021 citations, penalties

News Release: GREENCASTLE, PA - For the second time in a year, the U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Dollar General store in Greencastle for endangering its workers’ safety and continuing the nationwide discount chain’s long history of federal workplace safety violations and penalties.


News Release: FLOWOOD, Ms.- The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event July 15 -16, 2022, offering approximately 70 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Boys & Girls Home Exhibition Center, 400 Flemington Drive, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450.


Atlanta Federal Reserve Points to Shrinking Economy, Stronger Signs of Looming Recession

News Release: Atlanta Federal Reserve Points to Shrinking Economy, Stronger Signs of Looming Recession.


Garcia: EPA brownfields funding will help 'overburdened communities in New York address local inequities'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced New York’s Niagara County will receive $3.9 million for brownfields funding for loans and subgrants for site cleanup.


News Release: Fourth of July Prices Explode Like Fireworks.



Brady: Senate “Slimmed-Down” Build Back Better Is an Economic Surrender that Fuels Inflation & Robs Investment Needed for Supply Chain Fixes

News Release: Brady: Senate “Slimmed-Down" Build Back Better Is an Economic Surrender that Fuels Inflation & Robs Investment Needed for Supply Chain Fixes.


New Haven Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking, Assaulting Correctional Officer

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN HILL, also known as “SB," 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for assaulting a federal correctional officer, and distributing heroin and crack cocaine shortly after his release from federal custody and while on supervised release.


My Community Explorer Tool Update

News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced the release of major updates to the data explorer tool, My Community Explorer (MCE). MCE is an interactive, map-based tool that highlights demographic and socioeconomic data. These data measure inequality and help inform data-based solutions. This tool is designed to help users identify underserved communities as directed by the President's Executive Order 13985 on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce.


News Release: Following a seven-day trial, a federal jury today found defendant Julio Ruiz Chuta, 35, guilty of smuggling an unaccompanied child into the United States for financial gain. The jury found Chuta not guilty of forced labor and confiscating the child’s passport and other immigration documents.


Cliff: 'We are advancing child passenger safety' with new testing requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has updated testing requirements for child safety seats with a goal of enhancing protections for children during self-impact crashes.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on July 26

BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program 3 grant opened on July 5.


News Release: WRAP-UP: Democrats’ Tax and Expand Solutions Fail to Put Social Security on Sustainable Footing.


News Release: Brady: President Biden’s Inflation-Plagued Economy Gets Crueler for American Families.


Big Creek Trail reopens to the public

News Release: Park reopened Big Creek Trail following an eight-week closure for a trail rehabilitation project. The park trail crew made much needed improvements along the entire 5.6-mile Big Creek Trail by repairing the tread surface and removing hazard trees.


Temporary Closure of Dyer Road in Chickamauga Battlefield - Monday, July 11

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park continues its road construction project with the closure of Dyer Road, for two weeks, to complete paving on the southern end of Glenn Kelly Road. The southern portion of Glenn Kelly Road, as well as Poe Road, will remain closed during this period. Once complete, Poe Road and the southern end of Glenn Kelly Road will re-open.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kamar L. Cox, 23, of Columbus was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 102 months in prison for armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Schuele Boys Gang Associate For Stealing Painkillers From Rite Aid

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Demario Robbins, 29, of Buffalo, NY, with one count of robbery of a pharmacy, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.


BLM Pecos District lifts fire restrictions across public lands

News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - Effective, July 6, at 8 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management will terminate all fire restrictions enacted by Fire Prevention Order #LLNMP02310-2022-003 on BLM administered public lands within Chaves, DeBaca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Guadalupe, Quay, and Roosevelt counties.


News Release: Investigation began as a result of an overdose.