News from June 2022

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 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 $5.4 million grant to the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission, Laurens, South Carolina, for construction of a new water tank, water line, and ancillary infrastructure to support economic development. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among older adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it affects more 6.2 million Americans and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: The United States extends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims impacted by yesterday’s chlorine gas leak at the Port of Aqaba. We stand with the Jordanian people in this moment of loss, and stand ready to assist our Jordanian partners as they respond to this tragedy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: This morning the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. This decision holds that the State of Oklahoma has concurrent jurisdiction with the federal government to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indian victims within Indian Country.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced it will raise duties on select products from Russia in the new G7 economic sanctions package...

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sixteen residents of Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kansas, and Independence, Mo., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: This morning the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. This decision holds that the State of Oklahoma has concurrent jurisdiction with the federal government to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indian victims within Indian Country.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
BSEE Experienced Services Program grant opened on June 29.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: WACO - Today Darius Letrayal King, 29, of Killeen was sentenced to 427 months for carjacking and armed robberies of local stores.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: 2016 Indictment Alleged Millions of Dollars in Bogus Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Fort Pierre, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 27, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management is evaluating the withdrawal of 22,000 acres of federal public land adjacent to Yuma Proving Ground for up to five years, while the BLM and the United States Army analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Army’s application to add the lands to the existing complex for a longer period.

By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting America’s Seniors: Oversight of Private Sector Medicare Advantage Plans:"
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Halal Packing Inc. (Halal Packing), Newton, N.J., on May 25, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates.

By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting America’s Seniors: Oversight of Private Sector Medicare Advantage Plans:"