News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAICO TURELL, 49, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.

By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LEROI G. JACKSON, age 50, of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to three (3) years in prison for aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal tax returns, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 7206(2). JACKSON previously...

By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: ATHENS, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation found an employer’s failure to follow federal safety standards contributed to a 45-year-old worker suffering fatal injuries after a forklift struck her as she walked across an Athens lumber shipping yard on Nov. 15, 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jermaine Ryan Alvarez, 38, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to nine years in prison for one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin and one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Alvarez pleaded guilty on June 28, 2021.

By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: TOKYO – Today, Secretary Raimondo met with the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Koichi Hagiuda. During the meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Minister Hagiuda discussed continued cooperation under bilateral initiatives including the Japan-U.S. Commercial and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, related companies based in Greece, pleaded guilty today to knowing violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act related to the Motor Vessel Joanna.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three individuals have admitted to their roles in a conspiracy for Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $3.6 million to 18 groups and organizations through the Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize - a first-of-its-kind competition designed to support entrepreneurship and innovation in communities historically underserved in federal climate...
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: PIKETON, Ohio - EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White accompanied two U.S. House of Representatives members from Ohio on a visit to the Portsmouth Site on May 20, attending a listening session afterward with members of the community, representatives of the Scioto Valley Council of Governments and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative.

By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate today passed on a bipartisan vote H.R. 7691, a supplemental funding bill to provide more than $40 billion in emergency funding to support the Ukrainian people and defend global democracy in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

By State Newswire | May 24, 2022
DRL Countering Labor Violence in Northern Central America grant opened on May 24.

By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [May 24, 2022] - Glacier National Park reminds visitors that vehicle reservations are required for the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor and the North Fork area of the park starting May 27 through Sept. 11, 2022. A vehicle reservation is only needed from the east side at Rising Sun...
By USDA Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on G & K Citrus LLC, (G&K Citrus) Miami, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | May 24, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate all Eritreans - in Eritrea, in the United States, and around the world - on the 31st anniversary of Eritrea’s independence. The United States continues to support the Eritrean people and their aspirations for a free, democratic, and prosperous future.

By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
There are 12 releases scheduled to be published on May 25.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged federally with an immigration crime and with aiding and abetting a plot to murder former United States President George W. Bush.