News from June 2022
By T.H. Lawrence | Jun 3, 2022
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has become a hot point on the global stage, with the United States and other nations calling for China to allow outside observers to tour the area and check for labor and human rights abuses.
By Karen Kidd | Jun 3, 2022
The $97 million in low interest loans to the Medford Water Commission of Medford, Ore., announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will provide much needed infrastructure improvements.
By Karen Kidd | Jun 3, 2022
Retired Gen. Stephen R. Lyons will serve as the new Port and Supply Chain Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force.
By Bob Martin | Jun 3, 2022
Michael Sussman was recently acquitted of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when talking about the potential connection between former President Donald. J. Trump and Russia.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The unwritten constitution, comprised of several basic laws, provides the right to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private. The law prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -A Stilwell man who sexually abused a minor during a 2017 road trip was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 4, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the designation of nine new national recreation trails in seven states, adding nearly 600 miles to the National Trails System. The newly designated trails join a network of more than 1,300 existing national recreation trails, which can be found in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. .
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Melissa man has been sentenced to prison in the Eastern District of Texas for federal violations, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution states Buddhism is the state religion, which is promoted by the government through holiday observances, religious training, Buddhist instruction in public schools, and financial support to Buddhist institutions. The law provides for freedom of belief and religious worship, provided such...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -In the aftermath of the deadly flooding that occurred in Waverly, Tenn. in August 2021, Larry Lescure, the town’s Code Enforcement Director, wasn’t sure how he was going to take on the task of inspecting hundreds of damaged homes by himself.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Date of action: May 31, 2022. Type of action: Stipulated settlement . Names of defendants: Lakewood Resource and Referral Center Inc., operating as the Center for Education, Medicine and Dentistry in Lakewood, NJ. Allegations: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to have Foreign Minister Osmani here. We are welcome – welcome to the State Department, welcome to Washington – our newest NATO Ally, but also I am very pleased that we’ve initiated the Strategic Dialogue, which I think will only serve to deepen cooperation, coordination, collaboration between North Macedonia and the United States. We’re very, very pleased to do that.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARK RICHBURG, age 40, of New Orleans, was sentenced on June 2, 2022 by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin, and a quantity of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), 841(b)(1)(B), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Two men who conspired to distribute heroin in Cedar Rapids pled guilty on June 2, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of religion and religious worship and prohibits the establishment of a state religion. The law treats intentional attacks directed against religiously affiliated buildings or facilities as war crimes or crimes against international humanitarian law. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Aida Rosado, age 62, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 1, 2022, to two years of probation with the first four months on home detention by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, for assisting her son in smuggling cellular telephones into the Dauphin County Prison.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. The labor standards law does not cover domestic service workers and caretakers, who are therefore not legally guaranteed a weekly rest day. Due to this exclusion, many domestic workers continued to be unable to attend religious services. According...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A White Earth man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a minor child on the White Earth reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
