News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle woman was sentenced today in federal court for passing counterfeit money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: TYIESE WARREN, also known as “Loose Screw," 21, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 480 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for murder and other violent crimes he committed as a member of a Bridgeport gang.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration will open the application period to become an FAA Approved Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Service Supplier for the FAA’s Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) on May 2, 2022.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: We welcome the release of U.S. citizens Gustavo Cardenas and Jorge Alberto Fernandez, both of whom had been unjustly detained in Venezuela. They have recently arrived back in the United States, accompanied by Roger Carstens, our Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
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), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced they are introducing the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: The House today passed H.R. 2471, an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.
By Chris Lang | Mar 9, 2022
A Texas man has pleaded guilty to several charges of child pornography, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in March.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Paul Richard Heil, 52, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of aiding and abetting the failure to provide lead paint hazard warning notice before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Idowu Raji, age 40, of Baltimore County, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft in relation to multiple financial schemes.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden’s intent to nominate Dr. Evelyn N. Wang for Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced a convicted felon for illegally possessing a semi-automatic assault rifle, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on how President Biden’s energy policies have weakened America’s national security, raised costs on families, and emboldened Russia.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Georgia NRCS Technical Services and Projects for Fiscal Year 2022 grant opened on March 9.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Tokyo, Japan from March 10-12. During his visit, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely S. Ratner will co-chair the 2+2 Security Sub-Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Wednesday, March 16, to discuss the urgent need to address high drug prices facing American families and seniors in Medicare. The hearing, titled “Prescription Drug Price Inflation: An Urgent Need to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare," will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Friday, March 18, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management Rio Puerco Field Office will welcome visitors back to the El Malpais National Conservation Area Ranger Station. The Ranger Station has been closed since March 2020 to conduct maintenance, remodels, and an interpretive redesign of the ranger station.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is hosting the 22nd annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Traditional arts and crafts as well as music will be included as part of the festival throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Settlement resolves allegations that agency failed to provide effective communication for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Hughes, age 33, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 7, 2022, to 132 months’ imprisonment to be followed by four years on supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
