News from May 2022
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 16.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced today that Melanie Barnes has been selected as the new permanent BLM New Mexico State Director. Barnes has been acting in the position since June of 2021.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 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 $2 million grant to The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, to build a 60-acre recreational vehicle campground at the wildlife conservation center in Muskingum County, Ohio. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Tamara Browning | May 17, 2022
President Joe Biden’s $48.2 billion budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 will help create jobs by investing in clean energy and infrastructure, the department’s Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently testified.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The Secretary reiterated his deepest condolences on the tragic death of Palestinian-American and Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury has convicted a 54-year-old Chicago, Illinois, man for transporting illegal aliens in a tractor trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 17, 2022
TThe Federal Aviation Administration is allocating $608 million to upgrade airports across the country, making them safer and more accessible.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 17, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas acknowledged the far-reaching effects law enforcement officers have on society in his message about National Police Week.
By Karen Kidd | May 17, 2022
May, as Wildlife Awareness Month, is approaching its halfway point but Idaho's Bureau of Land Management's current fire prevention order is set to last into October.
By Bob Pepalis | May 17, 2022
A San Diego silk-screening contractor that produces official merchandise for artists including Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Britney Spears, Willie Nelson and Ariana Grande had to pay $279,914 in back wages and damages to 76 workers.
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Quran Geddy, age 26, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment to be followed by four years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for his role in distributing fentanyl in Lycoming County.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after the House passed, on two bipartisan votes, bills that fully fund most federal agencies through September 30 and continue funding at current levels for Homeland Security through February 8.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Timothy Wayne Bates, 51, of Dallas, N.C., to 235 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Kalispell couple accused in a scheme to steal mail in Lincoln and Flathead counties and of using personal information found in the stolen mail to shop at numerous businesses admitted to charges, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Knowingly shipped geoduck that was harvested from closed area, and falsified documents to mislead inspectors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Medical Device Manufacturer and its Owner for Training Providers to Improperly Reuse Disposable Items.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Biden signing the Safe Sleep for Babies Act &text=This%20bill%20makes%20it%20unlawful,of%20greater%20than%2010%20degrees.) into law...
