News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Marvin Booker, 30, of Warren, MI, was sentenced in federal court for coercion and enticement of a minor, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Booker was sentenced by United States District Judge Gershwin Drain to ten years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Booker has been in custody since his arrest in March 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Laurice Montoya, 37, appeared in federal court on March 28 for a preliminary and detention hearing facing a charge of voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country. Montoya will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that the seasonal opening of Clingmans Dome Road will be delayed until April 8. The delay in opening is necessary to complete repairs to improve drainage in the main parking area, including a culvert replacement and roadway patching. This work must be completed before the pavement preservation project begins.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today wrapped up a two-day visit to New Mexico, where she underscored the historic investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strengthen Indian Country and address the Western water crisis.
By Andy Nghiem | Mar 29, 2022
The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) is demanding transparency from the Biden Administration to determine how its energy policies may be affecting the cost of oil and gas.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 29, 2022
A U.S. Embassy official in Moscow described U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner as "in “good condition” during a recent visit with her in a Russian detention center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kyle Flack, of Camden, New Jersey, was sentenced today to five years of probation for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Anthony Michael Mileo, age 56, of Huntingtown, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. At the time of his indictment in January 2020, Mileo was a Corporal with the Maryland National Capital Park Police Department and was a K-9 handler.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request includes $60.4 billion for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $1.9 billion or 3 percent above the Fiscal Year 2022 Request, and $7.4 billion or 14 percent above FY 2021 enacted levels. Reflecting the priority ...
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 29, 2022
As the number of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. surges, the number of apprehensions along the southern border has increased and the Department of Homeland Security has requested additional help at the border.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The first batch of approximately 200,000 gallons of tank waste has been treated by the Hanford Site ’s Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System and is staged in a double-shell tank for immobilization in glass when the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant begins vitrifying waste. This marks a significant point in the treatment process that began in late January.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Residents of the Fredericksburg region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at the AAA office in Fredericksburg from April 11 to 15, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation is reassigning 16 peak afternoon and evening runway times previously held by Southwest Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a Feb. 25 news release.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE OF CONNECTICUT, INC. (“AMR"), has entered into a civil settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: A felon and known gang member was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: The Overseas Schools Advisory Council of the Department of State will hold its winter meeting on Thursday, April 7, 2022. This meeting is open to the public for virtual participation only. The meeting will focus on the work and support the Overseas Schools Advisory Council provides to U.S.-sponsored ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: EM 's fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request of $7.64 billion reflects the strong commitment to clean up the environment in communities that historically supported or continue to support nuclear weapons programs and government-sponsored nuclear research.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
The Road to COP27: Jordanian Journalists and Communicators' Climate, Economy, and Water Program grant opened on March 29.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy announced new appointees, including Christoper Davis, who will serve as chief of staff, in a March 18 news release.
