News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Release: Washington - 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. Samples from the Connecticut flock were ...


National parks subcommittee holds hearing to review the impacts of Great American Outdoors Act

The Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing Feb. 9 to review the implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).


Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on transmission line proposal to connect Arida and Mohave substations near Laughlin

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking comment on a right-of-way application submitted by 326FW 8me LLC (a subsidiary of 8minute Solar Energy) to construct and operate a transmission line connecting the new Arida substation and the existing Mohave Substation near Laughlin. The comment period will end March 31, 2022.


News Release: Defendant Stole More Than $2 million from Paycheck Protection Program for Spending Spree that Included Purchases of House, Car, and Yacht.


Release: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee and Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf concluded the 6th annual U.S.-Djibouti Bi-National Forum today. In these high-level discussions launched by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on February 4, Assistant Secretary Phee and Foreign Minister...


Six Drug Traffickers Are Sentenced To Federal Prison

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney has ordered six defendants responsible for trafficking narcotics in Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties to serve prison terms ranging from seven to 25 years, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.



New Haven Man Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE MENAFEE, also known as “Mo," 32, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with drug and firearm offenses.


Polk County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Livingston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Philadelphia Drug Dealer Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison

News Release: The defendant was found in possession of a pistol modified to fire like a machinegun, a weapon highlighted during the City’s first biweekly gun violence briefing almost one year ago.


News Release: Ingratiated himself as a “father figure" or babysitter so he could abuse young boys; posed as a young teen online to pressure youngsters to send him sexually explicit images.


National Park Service Donates Venison to Local Food Bank During Deer Management Effort in February 2022

News Release: Patchogue, NY - Fire Island National Seashore donated 4400 pounds of venison to Island Harvest Food Bank, a Long Island-based hunger relief organization that provides supplemental food support through a network of 450 food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency feeding programs across Nassau and Suffolk counties.


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department discusses Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Amazon Prime Air on March 2

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Health Bills that Passed the House

News Release: Washington D.C - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement about bipartisan health bills that passed the House of Representatives.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Russian ruble continues its plunge as war in Ukraine continues

The Russian ruble reportedly continues to fall in value against strong currencies around the world as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues his war with Ukraine.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Maple Grove man has been sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for receiving material depicting the sexual abuse of children. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced the defendant.


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.