News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Resean Lewis, 25, and William McIntyre, 27, both of Philadelphia, PA, were arrested and charged by Indictment with attempted Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of...
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2022
AT-22-07: Exploring the Connectivity Among Offshore Wind Turbines grant opened on May 17.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.5 million grant to The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York, for facility expansion and improvements. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after President Biden signed H.R. 3182, the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021, introduced by Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), into law...
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: ATLANTA, Ga., May 17, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Southeast Regional Office announced today the award of a $1,000,000 grant to Alabama Department of Education, which administers the National School Lunch Program in the state. The grant, formally known as FNS's Team...
By John Kelly | May 17, 2022
The city of Harlowton, Mont., received a $500,000 Brownfields grant to clean up and revitalize a former railyard and depot property.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $11.6 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse the costs of providing testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycled. The other 85% head straight to the landfill or incinerator. This wastes scarce resources, contributes to climate change and pollutes waterways.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The United States is designating Attorney General of Guatemala Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres (“Porras”) due to her involvement in significant corruption. During her tenure, Porras repeatedly obstructed and undermined anticorruption investigations in Guatemala to protect her political allies ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Timothy Leon Wilson, Jr. (25, Seminole County) to 15 years in federal prison. Wilson had pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke out at the House Rules Committee today on H.R. 7688, the Socialist Energy Price Fixing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: A federal jury in Dallas, Texas, convicted the owners and operators of four orthotic brace suppliers in Texas and Arkansas today for a $6.5 million illegal kickback scheme, including violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Representatives from FEMA will host a virtual Flood Map Information Open House for communities in Madison County, Ohio, on May 24, 2022, from 5 - 7 p.m. ET. The open house will give residents the chance to review preliminary versions of a recently completed Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM).
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park announces its summer hours of operation starting Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 and will remain in place through August 13th, 2022. The Mound City Group Visitor Center will be open between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM daily. The park museum, Eastern National bookstore and gift shop and the park orientation film are available everyday of the week during operating hours.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- A joint team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers have arrested 16 individuals who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Emerson Corvera, a citizen of El Salvador, was indicted today on an illegal reentry charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
