News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


There were 13 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in June.


US Department of Labor recovers $62K in back wages, damages  for 22 Alabama gas station cashiers denied full overtime wages

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $62,568 in back wages and liquidated damages for 22 current and former cashiers of two Alabama gas stations whose operator denied them their full wages by paying them overtime at rates lower than the law requires.


June: U.S. Department of Homeland Security publishes 10 press releases

There were 10 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in June.


Chairwoman Maloney’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision Curtailing EPA’s Authority to Combat Climate Change

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to curtail the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions...


Commerce Department discusses Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 79 under Alternative Site Framework, Tampa, Florida on June 30

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


Pallone Calls on President Biden to Halt Crude Oil Exports to Help Reduce Domestic Prices at the Pump

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged President Biden to halt crude oil exports to increase the domestic supply of oil available to U.S. refiners and help reduce prices at the pump here at home. In a letter today, Pallone thanked the President for his numerous efforts to address the impact of rising fuel prices on American families and urged him to restore a ban on the export of crude oil.


Federal Jury Convicts Ada Resident Of Murder In Indian Country

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Tyler Jay Mullins, age 44, of Ada, Oklahoma, was found guilty by a federal jury of Murder in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111(a), 1151, and 1153, and Causing the Death and Murder of a Person in the Course of a Violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(j)(1).


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced former Correctional Dietary Officer Chanel Pierce, age 29, of Pikesville, Maryland, yesterday to 21 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy in connection with her work at...


There were 126 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in June.


Designation of Former Colombian Senator Luis Alberto Gil Castillo for Involvement in Significant Corruption

News Release: The United States is designating former Colombian Senator Luis Alberto Gil Castillo for his involvement in significant corruption. Gil Castillo solicited and accepted monetary bribes from a subgroup of the then-U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO) known as the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia ...


There were 80 press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Appropriations in June.


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


News Release: SAN FRANCISO -Lebnitz Tran pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to a scheme to submit fraudulent loan applications seeking millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19 relief funds. The plea was accepted by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States District Judge.


McCaul on the Supreme Court Ruling Permitting the Biden Administration to Terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols

News Release: Washington, DC - Following the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States permitting the Biden administration to terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico" policy, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul issued the following statement...


Crapo: Inflation Continues to Climb, Eating into Workers’ Paychecks

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the below statement following the release of the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for May, which remained at 6.3 percent from April.


News Release: In response to the current high fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula, effective immediately and until further notice, open campfires are restricted to designated campgrounds or cabins within enclosed metal fire grates or designated fire rings provided at developed recreational facilities within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Chugach National Forest, and Kenai Fjords National Park lands on the Kenai Peninsula. Use of cooking stoves and gas grills is allowed.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Alexander Dehoyos, 40, of Rochester, New York, was charged by a felony indictment yesterday with one count of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


US Labor Department recovers $247K in back wages, damages for 15 workers of oil pipeline construction company that illegally denied them overtime

News Release: CENTER, TX - A federal investigation recovered $247,334 in back wages and liquidated damages for 15 workers of a Texas oil pipeline construction company whose pay practices denied them their full wages, including overtime. The workers were employed at the company’s Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas job sites.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Coffee County physician and two of his employees have admitted participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed massive amounts of addictive controlled substances from a pain management clinic.


Carjackers Net a Collective Total of 41 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN - Justin Huddleston, 21, Terrance Moore, 21, and Angelo Smith, 23, have been sentenced to a collective total of 492 months in federal prison for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.