News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Daniel-Davis: California solar projects expected to 'lower costs for families, support good paying jobs'

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management approved the Arica and Victory Pass solar projects near the Desert Center in eastern Riverside County.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky’s governor recently awarded two prime contractors for EM ’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) the state’s top safety and health award.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, a federal jury found defendant Lonnie Dontae Mitchell, 36, from Montgomery, Alabama, guilty of numerous offenses relating to the defendant’s involvement in coercing several victims, including a minor, to engage in prostitution over the course of several years. Following a...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Darrion Dabon Isimemen Ojezua, of Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


DOS-MKD offers new grant application process starting June 21

FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Speaker Program grant opened on June 21.


News Release: BOSTON - A Braintree man pleaded guilty on June 16, 2022 to trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing ammunition.


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced it will commit up to $24 million for research grants through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and the National Science ...


Office of Environmental Management Intern Finds Balance Between Work and Outdoor Pursuits in Idaho

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Tired of big cities, Justin Arena exercised his own version of Manifest Destiny and headed to the West to begin an internship at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, supporting one of EM ’s highest-priority projects.


News Release: J. Smith: Biden Spending Spree Will Raise Deficits to Highest in History, Worsen Inflation.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Welcome Home Event

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Wonderful to see this room full - full, full, right up to the top rafters. Wow, standing room only. No, it really is wonderful as we continue all to work back from the pandemic phase of COVID that we actually can all get together increasingly and spend some time together.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - The owner and operator of a Pittsburgh-area tax preparation business has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ incarceration and two years’ supervised release on his conviction of Aiding or Assisting in the Preparation or Filing of False Federal Income Tax Returns, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Buchanan: Biden Admin’s CMS Decision Halts Innovation and Cures. America’s Seniors Deserve Better.

News Release: Buchanan: Biden Admin’s CMS Decision Halts Innovation and Cures. America’s Seniors Deserve Better.


Brookline Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of a United States Postal Service Employee

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal violent crime laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Two Of Three Defendants Who Kidnapped A Postal Carrier Are Going To Prison

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Mark Rogers, 39, and Joseph Way a/k/a Gus, 36, both of Rochester, NY, who were convicted of kidnapping a federal employee, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Rogers was sentenced serve 210 months in prison and Way was sentenced to serve 168 months in prison. A third defendant, Tashara Levans, who was also convicted of kidnapping a federal employee, is scheduled to be sentenced July 8.


Biden: 'Historically high refinery profit margins' are unacceptable

President Joe Biden recently sent notices to U.S. oil refining companies urging them to increase the supply and keep prices lower.


Former Illinois State Senator Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Receiving Salary and Benefits From Labor Union

News Release: CHICAGO - Former Illinois State Sen. THOMAS E. CULLERTON was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for fraudulently receiving salary and benefits from a labor union.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.3 Million to Boost Industrial Production in Union County, Arkansas

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.3 Million to Boost Industrial Production in Union County, Arkansas


Chair Grijalva Cheers the Appointment of Chief Lynn Malerba as U.S. Treasurer

News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on President Biden’s appointment of Chief Lynn Malerba of the Mohegan Tribe as Treasurer of the United States. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen made the announcement during a visit...



Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine