News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Biden Administration Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Child Nutrition Programs

News Release: Department providing another nearly $1 billion boost to schools for purchasing food


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two women have been charged with engaging in fraud schemes to steal millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today a public land order extension for the Boulder Canyon, Colorado River Storage, Senator Wash Pump Storage, and Yuma Reclamation Projects withdrawal for an additional 20-year period. The extension affects approximately 145,600 acres of federal land. The BLM formally processes land withdrawal applications for entities within the Department of the Interior.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Enin Noe Marquez-Cruz, 30, of Honduras, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Burlington on a charge of illegally reentering the United States. Marquez-Cruz is to be arraigned on the indictment on July 6, 2022.


News Release: One week from today, on Thursday, July 7, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland will undergo a routine surgical procedure.


Readout: US Department of Labor webinar discusses gender-based discrimination, violence, harassment; barriers to women’s fair rights, equal opportunities

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 with a roundtable discussion at its “Celebrating Title IX" webinar hosted by the department’s Women’s Bureau.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PETERSBURG, VA - The month of July will see three programs at Petersburg National Battlefield that will focus on the famous Battle of the Crater. All programs are free are free of charge.


Rodgers and McKinley’s Statements on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Limits to EPA’s Authority

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which affirmed that the Executive Branch cannot usurp Congress’s Article I power to write the nation’s laws.


Columbus woman sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to kidnap Hilliard couple

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Denia I. Avila, 39, of Columbus was sentenced to 96 months in prison for leading a failed conspiracy that attempted twice to kidnap her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.


News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Selma man was sentenced to seven years in prison for being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a pistol equipped with a machinegun-conversion device.


US Department of Labor announces additional partners to deliver employment assistance to transitioning service members, spouses

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight organizations to serve as partners in support of VETS’ Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot.


Monroe Man Is Charged With Wire Fraud For Operating An Investment Scheme

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Monroe, N.C., man charged with wire fraud for operating an investment scheme appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal criminal indictment was unsealed following the arrest of Christon Jermaine Brewer, 37, who also goes by the names Chris Bozay and Christian Massey.


Montgomery Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Robbing a Bank and Discharging a Firearm While Committing the Crime

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 30, 2022, John Adam Vinson, Jr., 32, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 360 months in prison following convictions for bank robbery and discharging a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Xzavier Dyson, 23, of Abbeville, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge R. Summerhays to 42 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on firearms charges.


Justice Department Announces Six New Firearms Technical Assistance Project Sites and Awards $750,000 to National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today six new sites selected to participate in the Firearms Technical Assistance Project (FTAP) expansion as part of the Department’s ongoing effort to reduce violent crime and help communities across the country reduce domestic violence homicides and injuries committed ...


Livingston County Man Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Campus, Illinois, man, Dakota Flint, 23, of the 200 block of Sheldon Avenue, was sentenced today to 17.5 years, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge James Shadid ordered that the federal sentence run concurrently with...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Newark, NJ - United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, Juan Mattos, Jr., and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, jointly announce the location of one of New Jersey’s Most Wanted Fugitives.