News from June 2022
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution, laws, and policies provide for religious freedom, subject to restrictions relating to public order, public health, and morality. The government continued to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (Unification Church). It restricted speech or...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: A West Virginia former official pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a 16-year-old victim by forcibly raping her in a bunk room at the Danville Fire Department in Danville, West Virginia. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa G. Johnston for the Southern District of West Virginia and Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall of the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office made the announcement.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the United States of America and the Republic of North Macedonia on the occasion of the U.S. – North Macedonia Strategic Dialogue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Joshua Ray Webb McGee, 34, of Olla, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to a total of 60 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. McGee was sentenced to 46 months for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a residential and commercial landscaping business operating in the South Shore area pleaded guilty today in connection with his failure to report approximately $1.5 million in income to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, recently released a new report detailing the results of his investigation into the role cryptocurrencies continue to play in emboldening and incentivizing cybercriminals to...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration welcoming the decision of OPEC and Russia to increase their production of oil, ahead of an expected visit to Saudi Arabia by President Biden.
By Caleb Lombardo | Jun 3, 2022
FEMA officials testified before Congress to ask for a total budget of $29.5 billion for the 2023 fiscal year.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
FY 2022 Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) Pilot Project grant opened on June 3.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Today, the State Department is releasing the 2021 International Religious Freedom Report. This report offers a thorough, fact-based review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. We produce this document every year since 1998, starting under the leadership of then Secretary Albright, whose life and legacy we continue to celebrate.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits discrimination based on religion. Officials approved 1,292 alternative service applications from conscientious objectors to military service, and courts allowed all but three of 192 conscientious objectors with pending trials to begin alternative...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm directing her to provide information on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) management...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: (Laurel Springs, NC) - Work has begun on a $29 million project to replace the Laurel Fork Bridge at milepost 248.8 in Ashe County, NC. A full park closure to all uses in the immediate vicinity of the bridge is expected to be in place the week of June 6, 2022. Work is expected to take over two years to complete, with a target completion date of November 2024.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Daniel Rojas, 28, was sentenced on June 2, 2022, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, as an addict in possession of a firearm and for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Rojas to 87 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion. The constitution provides for states to establish courts based on sharia or customary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Barry Wayne Hoover (51, Tampa) to 27 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay $429,568.09 in restitution for theft of government funds and false statement to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As part of his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County on Thursday admitted selling the fentanyl that killed a pregnant woman in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: The long awaited American Camp Visitor Center is almost complete. Park staff and partners have been hard at work fabricating exhibits and preparing for their installation. The new Visitor Center, created in collaboration with the park-associated Tribes of San Juan Island, will transform visitor services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: A former police officer who sexually assaulted at least two teenage boys was sentenced this week to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Press release submission | Jun 3, 2022
Grants are funding projects at UC Davis, UC Los Angeles and UC San Diego
