News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Commerce Department publishes notice on May 11

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Leader Rodgers Opening Statement on Health Subcommittee Markup of Mental Health and Medical Innovation Solutions

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup of six bills, including the H.R. 7667, the “Food and Drug Amendments of 2022, and H.R. 7666, the “Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022."


There was activity on one bill related to the Finance Committee on May 11.



Suspect in 3 Bank Robberies Arrested in Youngstown

News Release: Youngstown, OH - This afternoon, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Austintown Police Department arrested James Verdream, 56.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded more than $608 million to build safer, more accessible airports serving a wide swath of the country. The first round of 2022 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants will go to 441 airports located ...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - GRAHAM LOVELACE, age 33, of Greenville, South Carolina, pleaded guilty as charged today before United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe to a one-count bill of information charging him with interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it will no longer hold court-ordered offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


Transportation Department discusses Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance on May 11

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chair Grijalva Applauds 9th Circuit Decision to Halt Rosemont Mine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision to block the Rosemont Mine’s construction in the Coronado National Forest. Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup of six bipartisan bills today...


News Release: KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - On May 10, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney sentenced Mustafa Deville Reynolds, 24, of Grand Rapids, to 328 months (27 years and 4 months) in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the deaths of two Grand Rapids men, announced U.S. Attorney Mark Totten. The two victims were 25 and 27 years old at the time of their deaths in August 2019.


Notice published on May 11 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USFWS official: 'Another record year' of whooping cranes wintering in Texas

Each fall, whooping cranes head to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. During the 2021-22 season, a record number of the birds stopped in Texas' wintering grounds after flying from Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting May 12

BJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive grant opened on May 12.


Man Charged With April 2018 Mount Vernon Murder

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, New York Field Division (ATF), Frank A. Tarentino, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New...


News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - A federal grand jury in Florence returned a one-count indictment against Demetrice Trayvon Campbell, 28, of Conway, South Carolina, for felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.


May 11: bills handled by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

There was activity on three bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 11.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement to mark Child Care Provider Appreciation Day...


Billings man sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine

News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine after a officers found the drug during a traffic stop near Big Timber was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.