News from May 2022
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 24.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DENVER LEE JOHN, SR., 43, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming pleaded guilty to assault by strangulation at a change of plea hearing on May 9, 2022, before United States District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal. Sentencing has been set for July 28, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Communities across the five state DEA Omaha Division, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, demonstrated their support for DEA’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off 18,729 pounds of unneeded medications at 176 collection sites...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced George Utley (56, Oklahoma City) to 30 months in federal prison for receiving stolen government property, specifically, Department of Labor (DOL) Disability Benefit Payments. Utley was also ordered to make full restitution to the DOL and to forfeit $732,459.46, representing the value of the stolen funds. Utley had pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2022
Release: NORFOLK, Va. Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Massachusetts resident from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight on Sunday, May 22. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 17 bullets.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Trina Thomas | May 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the 2023 budget totals $142 billion, with $37 billion from guaranteed advanced appropriations from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - With Memorial Day weekend approaching, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District asks the public to recreate responsibly and be mindful of the potential for wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Spencer (49, Port Charlotte) to 30 months in federal prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. Spencer had pleaded guilty on Sept. 21, 2021.
By Karen Kidd | May 23, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan, including one to Oxnard, Calif., announced last week, are intended to address sustained water challenges.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul will participate in a panel at the World Economic Forum entitled “Cold War 2.0." This panel will examine the direction of recent geopolitical shifts from a Ukrainian, Russian, North American, and Asian perspective.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
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By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
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By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is investing $770 million to help create new and better market opportunities (PDF, 366 KB) for rural businesses and people in 36 states and Puerto Rico.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million American Rescue Plan grant to the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska,
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
The United States, Canada, Norway, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia welcome the United Arab Emirates as the sixth member of the Net-Zero Producers Forum (NPF)
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement on yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Dr. Asmeret Berhe with a bipartisan vote to serve as Director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - As fire danger has increased across the American southwest, the National Park Service is implementing Stage 2 fire restrictions in eight National Park Service sites in southern Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On April 30, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their support for DEA’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has collected nearly 16 million pounds of unneeded prescription medications.
