News from June 2022
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution and other laws and policies prohibit religious discrimination and protect religious freedom, including the freedom to practice any religion or belief through worship, teaching, or observance, and to debate religious questions. The constitution provides for special qadi courts to adjudicate...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Karen Donfried will travel to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia June 14 to 19 to emphasize the U.S. commitment to peace, democracy, and prosperity in the South Caucasus region. Marking the 30th anniversaries of diplomatic relations ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The governments of Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States have issued the following joint statement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a four page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing fentanyl to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced James Williams, III (29, Tampa) to nine years and two months in federal prison following conviction for one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was also ordered to forfeit the firearm and serve three years of supervised release. Williams had pleaded guilty on March 2, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution specifies the state is secular and protects the rights of all citizens to exercise their religious beliefs, consistent with the nation’s laws. All religious groups must register with the government and apply for authorization to open places of worship. Approximately 900 registration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: A South Euclid man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday, June 9, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after he previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SHANE DUANE BLACKBURN, age 33, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was sentenced on May 27, 2022 for carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury and assaulting a federal officer. Blackburn appeared before Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 9.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Agriculture Committee on June 9.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take steps to enforce Medicaid’s guarantee that Americans may see the health care providers of their choice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that the following 14 individuals were arrested yesterday on federal narcotics trafficking charges related to the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and oxycodone in and around Waterbury...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the Sullivan County Division of Public Works, Monticello, New York, to increase local internet connectivity. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that RELAND LEONARD -HIWALKER, A/K/A/ RELAND FERRIS, age 37, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was charged with three counts of assault by strangulation. Ferris appeared for an arraignment hearing on June 7, 2022, before Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Teresa McKee and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for August 8, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA’s U.S. Fire Administration released the “Wildland Urban Interface: A Look at Issues and Resolutions, " report earlier this week.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: This week, the United States joined the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO) initiative, fulfilling the commitment made by Vice President Kamala Harris during her November 2021 visit to France. Richard Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the U.S.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The country’s civilian-led transitional government, installed in August 2019, was led until Oct. 25, 2021, by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who headed the Council of Ministers. On Oct. 25, Sovereign Council Chair and head of the Sudanese Armed Forced (SAF) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ROLAN FRENCH, age 48, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm. French appeared for an arraignment hearing on June 6, 2022, before Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for August 8, 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on June 9.
