News from June 2022
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: Washington - The Biden-Harris Administration today released the Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group’s (IWG) Summary Report outlining the actions taken to date to improve drought-stricken communities' longer-term resilience to drought through financial and technical assistance. Last month marked...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Interview took place May 19, 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $57 million in grants to organizations that help veterans experiencing homelessness find meaningful employment and assist them in overcoming barriers to transition back successfully into the workforce.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is in the process of developing a new strategic plan to guide the agency’s work over the next 5 years. A working group, consisting of representatives throughout the agency, and APHIS leadership have ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Following their takeover in August, the Taliban did not establish a clear and cohesive legal framework, judicial system, or enforcement mechanisms. The Taliban conveyed that those laws enacted under the former government of Afghanistan that were in effect prior to their takeover remained in effect unless...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries have announced a saddle-started adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, scheduled for June 11, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution bars discrimination based on religious affiliation or belief and provides for freedom of conscience and religion, either individually or in association with others. It provides for the separation of religion and state but also recognizes the historic importance of the Roman Catholic...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Two current and one former St. Louis aldermen, including board President Lewis Reed, have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of misusing their offices on multiple occasions in multiple ways in exchange for cash bribes and other things of value.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Salem man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in a case resulting from his role in a prolific drug trafficking organization that supplied counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl to suppliers on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Republic of Cyprus. The government of the Republic of Cyprus is the only internationally recognized government on the island, but since 1974 the northern third of Cyprus has been administered by Turkish Cypriots. This area proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (“TRNC") in 1983.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution accords individuals the right to choose, change, and freely practice their religion and prohibits religious discrimination. It specifically recognizes the right of indigenous communities to express their religions freely. The constitution states the relationship between the state and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Los Angeles man was sentenced to federal prison today after he orchestrated an elaborate bank fraud and identity theft scheme targeting an elderly couple residing in Oregon.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Counter-Kleptocracy Program: Judicial Integrity, Transparency on Politically Exposed Persons, and Transnational Resilience grant opened on June 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: Darrell Taylor, 32, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, for using unlawful force against a pretrial detainee while Taylor was an officer at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett for the Western District of Kentucky and Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen for the FBI Louisville Field Office made the announcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a four page rule on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAMAIN HEARD, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religion. It stipulates there is no official religion and the state is neutral in matters of belief, recognizes the equality and independence of religious groups, and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government has agreements with ...
