News from March 2022

By Karen Kidd | Mar 7, 2022
Amid all the observation about war in the Ukraine, President Joe Biden made promises during the March 1 State of the Union address to the nation's business community and advocates have responded to what he said.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate all Ghanaians home and abroad on the anniversary of Ghana’s independence on March 6.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks ahead of the cloture vote urging his Senate colleagues to pass the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act. The legislation will...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Larry Casper (619) 546-6734 and Shauna Prewitt (619) 546-7937.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Plant Conservation and Restoration Management grant opened on March 7.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Naquor Berry, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with possession of ammunition by a felon, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, all stemming from a dangerous high-speed incident which unfolded on the Schuylkill Expressway.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
Release: Dear Applicants,Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce you can now apply for Postentry Quarantine & Timber permits in APHIS eFile! Effective today, PPQ will no longer issue new or renew existing Postentry Quarantine permits through ePermits. You will need to submit a new application using APHIS eFile. All active Postentry Quarantine and Timber permits issued through ePermits will remain valid until permit expiration.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas (50, Kissimmee) guilty of seven counts of sexually exploiting a minor child. Bracero-Navas faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on each count and will be required to register as a sex offender. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 1, 2022. Bracero-Navas had been indicted on August 4, 2021.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial mixed species flock in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial layer chickens in Cecil County, Maryland.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Stoddard County, Missouri.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two non-commercial backyard flocks (non-poultry) in Connecticut and Iowa.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) is announcing several updates to APHIS eFile that will make it easier to submit an APHIS eFile BRS permit application.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NELIOBET DeJESUS, 44, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2022
News Release: Erie, Pa, - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years in jail and 5 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
I am a supervisory fish and wildlife administrator in the Sustainable Fisheries Division at the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 6 statewide in Alaska, according to a final rule just posted in the Federal Register by NOAA Fisheries.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
GOES-T will track destructive wildfires, lightning, Pacific Ocean-based storms, dense fog, and other hazards that threaten the U.S. West Coast, Hawaii and Alaska.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
"Today’s IPCC report offsite link is crystal clear: We must urgently reduce our emissions while also increasing our efforts to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid.

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2022
About 10 years ago, the city of Savanna, Illinois, faced two economic development hurdles.