News from May 2022
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 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 $2.7 million grant to Trumbull County, Ohio, for road and sewer infrastructure improvements in the 1,000-acre Golden Triangle Industrial Area. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.

By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal judge has ordered four interrelated Upper Marlboro providers of assisted living, adult day care and transportation services to pay $364,604 - $182,302 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 132 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found numerous pay practice infractions in a Wage and Hour Division investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: El Paso - In an effort to save lives, DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie" and other valued public health, non-profit, and law enforcement partners in recognizing the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day is an effort to educate individuals around the dangerous threat that fentanyl poses to the safety, health, and national security of the American people.

By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAVED SAEED, 52, and DASTGIR SAEED, 68, both of South Windsor, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to food stamp fraud offenses.

By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Youth and Climate Entrepreneurship Exchange grant opened on May 10.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on May 9.

By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - In an effort to save lives, DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie" and many of our valued public health, non-profit, and law enforcement partners in recognizing the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day is an effort to educate individuals around the dangerous threat that fentanyl poses to the safety, health, and national security of the American people.

By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) hosted the State and Tribal Government Working Group (STGWG) Spring Meeting at LM’s Weldon Spring Site near St. Louis on May 10.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management, in cooperation with our Ridge to Rivers partners, will delay the seasonal opening of the upper 8th Street gate to full-sized vehicles in the Boise Foothills by one day to allow the road to dry out after the recent rain and snowfall. The gate is located 2.8 miles up the road from the Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center and will now open on Monday, May 16.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Dustin Eward (44, Live Oak) and Greg Eward (24, Live Oak) on a criminal complaint charging them with the possession and transfer of firearm silencers that are not registered to them in the National Firearms Registration...
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis today in Washington. Deputy Secretary Sherman reaffirmed the strong defense and economic ties between the United States and Lithuania. The Deputy Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Oscar S. Acuna, Jr., 35, of Tucson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl. Sentencing is scheduled for July 12, 2022, before United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman met with Bruneian Foreign Minister II Dato Erywan Yusof today in Washington. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Foreign Minister Erywan affirmed the enduring partnership and cooperation between the U.S. and Brunei based ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, May 11, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Jeremy Joel Binns, age 44, of Omaha, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 144 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. His prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Binns pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 18, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Johnathan Shane Blakeley, 28, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to a total of six years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for committing this offense while on federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
CENTRAL ASIA ENERGY FELLOWS PROGRAM grant opened on May 10.