News from June 2022
By Press release submission | Jun 3, 2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Creates New EPA Program to Protect Children’s Health, Reduce Pollution, and Boost American Manufacturing
By Press release submission | Jun 3, 2022
Nationally, 84 WIFIA loans are financing $32 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 96,000 jobs
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Thursday, June 2, 2022, against Donald R. Felton, 37, of the 900 block of West Poplar Street in Taylorville, Illinois, for possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of actual methamphetamine (“Ice"). Sentencing for Felton has been scheduled for October 5, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Springfield, Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
There are five releases scheduled to be published on June 6.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for individual freedom of “religious or traditional beliefs," with the preamble to the constitution referring to “traditional Melanesian values, faith in God, and Christian principles." There is no official state religion. The law makes discrimination a crime, including on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Julian J. Levons, age 64, of Henryville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday to perpetrating a wire fraud and money laundering scheme to obtain COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The plea was entered after Levons commenced trial on May 31, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which cites the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections for religious practice to “normal religious activities," without defining “normal." The government...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits religious organizations from exercising any political authority or receiving privileges from the state. According to the Japan Uyghur Association (JUA), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) continued to have police officials in the PRC intimidate...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement regarding the 2022 Medicare Trustees Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 45-year-old former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) supervisor has been charged with stealing money from the U.S. government, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Capitol Police Officer Thomas Smith has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating a man’s civil rights and for obstructing justice. Smith, 44, is expected to be arraigned on these charges in federal court within the next week.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. From April to June, Prime Minister James Marape conducted a nationwide poll on a proposed constitutional amendment defining the country as Christian. The government did not release the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Gonzales County, Texas. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: ORANGE CITY, FL - An Orlando framing contractor's failure to comply with building code requirements and a roof truss manufacturer's engineering specification caused the roof trusses to collapse and fatally injure a 67-year-old worker at an Orange City building site on Nov. 8, 2021.
By Press release submission | Jun 3, 2022
Manchester Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
By Press release submission | Jun 3, 2022
Maryland Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Rimrock, AZ - The Well Overlook and beginning portion of the Overlook Trail at Montezuma Well, is closed until further notice due to hazardous bee activity. The back end of the trail remains open for access to the secondary Well overlook. The site, picnic area, and part of the Outlet Trail remain open to visitation. Once the area is deemed safe for visitors and staff, the overlook and trail will reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing a firearm after previously being convicted in Norfolk Circuit Court in 2017 of multiple felonies: malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and abduction.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship. According to media reports and religious leaders, most abuses involving religious freedom occurred in the predominantly English-speaking Northwest and Southwest Regions,...
