News from May 2022
By Bob Pepalis | May 10, 2022
A new U.S Embassy planned for Doha, Qatar, will highlight “the deepening ties of friendship between the United States and Qatar,” according to a May 9 Department of State news release.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - Due to increased fire danger and prolonged drought, the BLM has updated Fire Prevention Order # NMF00000-22-01 to state that, “Recreational target shooting within the BLM Taos Field Office boundary is permissible daily between sunrise and 11 a.m. Users shooting in the area must have a chemical...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeffrey Kemp, 55, of Chicago, was sentenced on Friday, May 6, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in prison for attempting to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute. Kemp pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 24, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Matthew Joshua Tolson, 33, of Bennettsville, was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the American people, I join the citizens of the European Union in celebrating Europe Day.
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2022
“House of Representatives“ was published in the Daily Digest section on page D476 on May 6
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: US Park Rangers of Capitol Reef National Park are seeking information from the public to aid in the recovery of irreplaceable paleontological resources and identify those responsible for the vandalism and theft of trace fossils.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darius D. Robertson, of Warren, Michigan, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Nathan Horton has been sentenced for illegally trapping and exporting thousands of freshwater turtles in Georgia in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Justice Department published a seven page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the nation observes National Nurses Week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with a group of nursing professionals from around the nation on May 6, 2022, and discussed their bedside experiences with patients during the pandemic, healthcare industry staffing challenges and the importance of quality jobs in retaining and recruiting workers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Sacramento, California, man, Tommy V. Tran, 28, of the 8000 block of Danbury Park Court, was sentenced on May 4, 2022, by United States District Judge Sue Myerscough to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and for using a communication facility to commit a drug felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Two owners of a popular South Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the IRS.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal judge has upheld an assessment by the U.S. Department of Labor of $1,964,450 in civil money penalties against Paragon Contractors Corp. and its owner Brian Jessop.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US State 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: WASHINGTON - Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into Louisiana aboard the Motor Vessel (M/V) “Pop," which is owned by one of the defendants.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: As part of its efforts to increase the use of fertility control to slow the growth of wild horse and burro herds on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking new contract services to humanely gather, treat with fertility control, and then release wild horses and burros back to the range. The BLM anticipates making up to $20 million available over 1-5 years for these efforts, subject to the government’s discretion based on future needs or appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Gregg Peterman with the U.S. Attorney’s Office named to the Not Invisible Act Commission.
