News from June 2022

By John Kelly | Jun 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy has confirmed a $504.4 million loan guarantee to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah.

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 10, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured journalists, reporters, media professionals and journalism students of the U.S.'s commitment to protecting a free, independent press when he spoke at the Media Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles June 7.

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.4 million in American Rescue Plan grants to support North Carolina as it recovers from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Opens Call for Participants, Announces New Partners

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
The Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange Engages Utilities, Clean Energy Developers, Regulators, and Others to Enable More Clean, Affordable Electricity While Ensuring Grid Reliability, and Resilience

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on legislation to protect Americans and strengthen the economy.

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain graphics systems, components thereof, and digital televisions containing the same.

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2022
When Sandi Broncheau-McFarland stands on the Nez Perce National Historical Trail she sees two stories.

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 10, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken placed heavy blame on the Kremlin for global food shortages during discussions at a virtual roundtable discussing the ongoing food crisis.

By Jacob Stump | Jun 10, 2022
The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a public hearing June 7 focused on cryptocurrency and ransomware.

By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Denmark.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - An alleged drug trafficker charged with distributing heroin in the Chicago area was arraigned today in federal court in Chicago after his extradition from Mexico.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: ELMIRA, N.Y. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Elmira Corning Regional Airport and will have current TSA officers staffing an informational recruitment table near the security checkpoint later this month to provide information about what it is like to work as a TSA officer and to explain the hiring process.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus woman was arrested in Utah on federal charges related to stealing the identity of a baby who died as an infant. The woman allegedly used the infant’s identity to obtain a passport, a student pilot license, a job as a flight attendant, admission into The Ohio State University and pandemic relief loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DOMINIQUE PEEPLES, age 25, from Memphis, Tennessee, was charged today by a federal grand jury in a one-count indictment for bringing a seventeen-year-old female from Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans, Louisiana and elsewhere for the purpose...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jonathan Hernandez, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with his participation...

By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 19 projects, with a total funding of $6 million, that will pursue innovative, targeted, early-stage ideas in solar energy research and development. These projects, representing 13 different U.S. states, will support President Biden’s goal of addressing the climate crisis by driving innovation and speeding clean energy deployment to achieve a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035 and net-zero emissions energy sector by 2050.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of three cases in Shreveport today involving the illegal possession of firearms. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced the following defendants.