News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Biden Administration Announces Over $368 Million in Grants to Improve Rail Infrastructure, Enhance and Strengthen Supply Chains

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced over $368 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program funds to 46 projects in 32 states and the District of Columbia. These investments will play a crucial role in modernizing our . .


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that it would hold 12 listening sessions and invite public comment on ways to strengthen public trust and confidence in the Department’s law enforcement programs, ensure appropriate policy and oversight is implemented, and assure supportive ...


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on an environmental analysis for leasing 7,232 acres of public lands within the Amargosa Valley Solar Energy Zone for solar energy development. The parcel of land is located approximately 45 miles northwest of Pahrump and 11 miles south of Beatty on the south side of U.S. Highway 95. The comment period will end June 17, 2022.


There is one release scheduled to be published on June 6.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NICOLE COCKERHAM (“COCKERHAM"), age 42, of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty on June 2, 2022 to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.


Fire Restrictions set to increase in the Eastern Sierra

News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office will be implementing fire restrictions effective on all Federal lands under their jurisdiction starting Monday, June 6. Seasonal fire restrictions for the Eastern Sierra Region are being implemented in close coordination with other state and local county agencies.


Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits the government from taking any action to compel, prohibit, or hinder the exercise of religion. On Jan. 18, the government celebrated the annual National Day of Prayer that “welcome[d] all expressions of religion…without reservation or reproach.".


Beckley Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley woman was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report and 2022 Medicare Trustees Report...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. released the following statement today in response to Republicans’ latest “plan" to address climate and energy issues...


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Kareem A. Salem (619) 546-8904 and Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.


Release: MIDLOTHIAN, Va. Residents of Richmond and Chesterfield County, Va., will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) popular TSA PreCheck program at the AAA office in Midlothian from June 20 to 24, where officials will host a temporary pop-up enrollment center in a specially marked IdentoGo/TSA PreCheck mobile RV.


Former Honolulu Police Officer Indicted and Arrested for Child Sex Offenses

News Release: HONOLULU - Mason Jordan, age 31, appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, today after his arrest there yesterday on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution, sex trafficking of a child, and cyberstalking. On May 26, 2022, a Honolulu federal grand jury returned the eight-count indictment against Jordan, which was unsealed after his arrest.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ALEJANDRO MUNOZ, age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas, pled guilty on June 2, 2022 before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a one-count indictment that charged him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


There are four releases scheduled to be published on June 6.


News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Johnston County, Oklahoma. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.


Rochester Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Rochester man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


DOE-GFO grant application closes on July 18

Request for Information (RFI): Research and Development Opportunities in Energy Management Control Systems grant opened on June 3.


Graves:Biden administration 'pledged to revitalize our domestic manufacturing economy'

Peter Wennink, ASML president and CEO, joined Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves to announce a $200 million expansion of the company’s facility in Wilton, Conn.