News from May 2022

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
Anticipate temporary road closures on East Entrance Road in Yellowstone National Park due to increased avalanche danger; Stay informed about road status

By State Newswire | May 19, 2022
Biden admin nominates Heide B. Fulton as U.S. Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Panama City, Panama April 19-20 to co-lead a Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection and meet with President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen and Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes, as well as other leaders from across the hemisphere

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
US Department of Labor announces $3.4M funding opportunity to attract, retain women in Registered Apprenticeships, nontraditional occupations

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
Kroger supermarket allowed minors to engage in hazardous work, exceed hours standards, US Department of Labor investigation in Mississippi finds

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers $198K for 19 workers denied overtime pay by Lynchburg, Virginia, restaurant

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers $225K in back wages for agricultural workers in California, assesses five farms $54K in penalties

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
US Department of Labor to hold listening session for Midwest employers, industry stakeholders on possible revisions to overtime regulations

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers $799K in back wages after investigation finds North Jersey contractor paid electricians incorrect wages, fringe benefits

By Press release submission | May 19, 2022
Technological services company pays $319K in overtime back wages to 57 employees at Rochester, New York, location

By Bob Pepalis | May 19, 2022
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and several Democratic politicians convened in Detroit last week to discuss ways to strengthen the supply chain, empower minority-owned businesses and promote the Bipartisan Innovation Act

By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone.

By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Navy and Marine Corps Installations and Quality of Life Update Hearing.

By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mark Manigault, 44, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to seven years in prison, and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick after having been found guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mario Amezcua Cardenas, 28, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 2 ½ years in federal prison for his role in laundering the proceeds of an international wire-fraud scheme. Amezcua Cardenas pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on Feb. 17, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: Did you know your Component Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can help you find summer camps for your children?

By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 17.

By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Sutton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute cocaine.

By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. A federal judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, sentenced two Florida men for their roles in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.