News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022



News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Jadelyn Marie Maher, age 39, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to six months in prison for Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Deception and Subterfuge. Her term of imprisonment will be followed by one year of supervised release. Maher was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. According to court documents, Maher pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2021.


State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $5.6 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $5.6 million to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to help the Fairbanks North Star Borough improve air quality.


Peters & Cornyn Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Staffing Shortages at Ports of Entry

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen border security and address personnel shortages at ports of entry.



Peters Convenes Hearing Examining Threats Against Houses of Worship and Public Spaces

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine the threat of violent extremism and terrorism against houses of worship and other public spaces.


Peters Convenes Hearing to Examine Oversight of Federal Pandemic Relief Spending

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to assess the federal government’s oversight of pandemic emergency relief spending and ensure these funds have been effectively used to help Americans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic


News Release: Defendant failed to pay more than $1 million in federal taxes.



Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wittman Regional Airport. discussed on March 21 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A former IRS employee pleaded guilty today to tax evasion for filing false tax returns and providing fabricated records to the IRS in an attempt to obstruct an audit of those returns.


Registered Sex Offender from Oshkosh Indicted for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 22, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Scott J. Meyer (age: 49) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.


News Release: TUCSON - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Diego Bernal-Robles, 29, and Cipriano Arturo Rojas-Armenta, 44, were convicted for being involved in a drug trafficking organization.


TSA detects another firearm at Boston Logan International Airport security checkpoint

Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a firearm onto an airplane at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on Tuesday, March 22.


Jackson County man sentenced as an armed career criminal

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Brandon Mason has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as an armed career criminal.


News Release: EL PASO - A federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment today charging an El Paso woman for her role in preparing false tax returns and committing bank fraud.


Toledo Business Owner Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than 1.1 Million in Restitution After Pleading Guilty to Evading Income Taxes

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Michael Meridieth, 41, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay 1,125,268.84 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to attempt to evade and defeat income tax.


Gulf Islands National Seashore Reopens Fort Pickens Rd March 23

News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen the Fort Pickens Road today at noon and the Fort Pickens campground will reopen at 2:00 p.m.


West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Coalition Takes Next Step To Secure Hub In West Virginia

Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) submitted the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Coalition’s official response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) first step in the process to select winning hydrogen hubs funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The proposal to participate can be found here.


Manchin, U.S. Interior Secretary Haaland Tout New River Gorge National Park And Preserve Investments March 19, 2022

Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland touted recent investments in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center.