News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
A Kaufman County man and his girlfriend have been sentenced to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Employees from Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor Isotek recently supported a local middle school’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Night, which attracted hundreds of students and their family members.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana, to expand broadband access in Central Indiana in support of the region’s manufacturing, agricultural and technology industries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Devon Smith was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for possessing a firearm and ammunition after a prior felony conviction, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daquan E’mon Hunt, of Washington, D.C., has admitted a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the January 2019 robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton and shooting at police officers as he and his co-defendants fled the scene.Stephan Rosser-Stewart, 31, pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery; conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery; discharging, brandishing, using and carrying a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence; and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By Andy Nghiem | Mar 29, 2022
A group of executives from several top U.S. airlines sent a letter to the Biden administration asking to rescind the numerous COVID-19 restrictions on air travel, claiming that the current state of the virus does not warrant mask mandates or pre-departure testing requirements.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair Antonio Delgado released the following statement congratulating Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham on their approval by the Senate as Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioners...
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
On March 18, 2022, a federal jury convicted Chi Meng Yang, 36, of Montague, of bribery of a public official, conspiracy to commit bribery, and manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants, U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Defendants Carried Out 10 Robberies Within Four-Week Period.
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
San Angelo’s former Chief of Police has been convicted of accepting bribes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
On March 23, 2022, following a week and half-long trial, a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida found Jimika I. Williams, a/k/a Jimika Mason, guilty of two counts of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and 18 counts of wire fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s proposed FY2023 budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung today sentenced Frank Anthony Pezzuto (73, Venice) to 15 months in federal prison for transmitting in interstate commerce communications threatening to injure certain members of Congress. The Court also ordered Pezzuto to pay a fine of $7,500. A federal jury found Pezzuto guilty on November 9, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Strong City, Kansas - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve announced that the park headquarters, which includes the visitor center, vehicle entrance, parking lots, and historic building site will be closed to visitation April 9, 2022 to April 18, 2022 to allow for the paving of the parking lot and entrance...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) grant opened on March 29.
By Press Release | Mar 29, 2022
Today, the Functional Government Initiative announced concerning developments in its efforts to obtain public records from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the SEC’s newly proposed Climate Disclosure Rule.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on reports that the Biden Administration has decided to maintain long-standing U.S. nuclear declaratory policy:
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack in Bnei Brak, Israel, that killed five innocent victims. This comes after two other recent horrific terrorist attacks in Hadera and Be’er Sheva, Israel. This violence is unacceptable. Israelis-like all people around the world-should be able to live in peace and without fear. Our hearts go out to the families of those killed in the attacks.
