News from March 2022
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: PRIME MINISTER KALLAS: Okay. So welcome. It is my great, great honor to welcome you to Estonia. I’ve been a great admirer of all of your work. I have quoted you many times over these weeks (inaudible). I think you’ve made very, very important points.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 10, 2022
The White House is announcing new measures to cut tailpipe pollution from trucks and spur the spread of zero-emitting buses to communities across the nation.

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 9, 2022
President Joe Biden announced March 8 that the U.S. will not be buying or using any gas or energy from Russia, increasing the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNBC said.

By Savannah Howe | Mar 9, 2022
A new funding opportunity is available for government entities and other organizations looking to launch small-scale water efficiency projects.

By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
The fundraiser ran from Jan. 1 through the final day of ATSSA’s 52nd Annual Convention & Traffic Expo.The company offered to match donations up to $5,000.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 9, 2022
President Joe Biden expressed his desire to double America's production in wind, solar and other clean energy sources during the March 1 State of the Union address, but some have reportedly taken issue with Biden's intent, claiming a push toward clean energy would increase the nation's reliance on China.

By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
ATSSA joined the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and 26 other groups asking leaders in the House and Senate to pass legislation that would amend the American Rescue Plan (ARP).

By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) led all Republican members of the Energy and Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm urging them to end Russian imports of crude oil and lower energy prices in America by producing more energy here at home.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Federal authorities said earlier in March that more than a dozen Kentucky residents were indicted for animal fighting charges.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the first visit by a high-level U.S. Department of Labor official to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in nearly 20 years, Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee met from Feb. 28 to March 2 with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Postal contractor, Rachele Ostrowe, age 39, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for theft of Government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Marquis Isreal, also known as “Garf" or “Gbaby," 25, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for racketeering offenses related to his participation in a gang-related shooting in front of a state courthouse in Bridgeport in January 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Jefferson Davis County man pled guilty to illegally possessing firearms while under a domestic violence protection order, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Houston men have been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office has finalized its Scratchgravel Hills Recreation Area Management Plan. The 5,500-acre planning area near Helena is a popular local recreation destination, used by hikers, bikers, trail runners, disc-golfers, and equestrians.

By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Support for Libyan Customs grant opened on March 9.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following statement on the inclusion of two bills to address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis as part of the omnibus.