News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Defendant illegally entered the United States three times.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Seattle - A significant drug distributor for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Adrian Izazaga-Martinez, 32, of Kent, Washington, was ordering 8-pound loads of methamphetamine. At...
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for a busy summer travel season with anticipated passenger volumes that will match and may occasionally exceed those of 2019 for the first time since the pandemic began.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after data for the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, a measure of consumer prices, jumped to 6.6 percent. The data follows a Bureau of Economic Analysis report for gross domestic product (GDP) which showed a -1.4 percent growth for January through March of this year.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau will offer a two-day media embargo period for subscribers to view the Vintage 2021 population estimates for local governmental units, including incorporated places, minor civil divisions and consolidated cities. Housing unit estimates will also be released for the nation, states and counties.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, Calif. - Point Reyes National Seashore announces Anne Dubinsky Altman as the park's new deputy superintendent. Altman comes to Point Reyes from the Washington Office where she served as senior member of the Business Management Group since 2018. She will start her position in late May.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA─ The U.S. Department of Labor will hold an online listening session with employees, employers and other stakeholders in the Northeast on May 13, 2022, on possible revisions to the regulations that enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The United States reiterates its strong support for the combined efforts of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union (AU), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to facilitate a political process to restore a civilian-led transition to democracy in Sudan. We welcome the outreach and progress made to date.
By EPA 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 USDA Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: Constant Vigilance. In late July 2021, APHIS’ Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) confirmed the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic. In September 2021, neighboring Haiti also reported ASF. APHIS is assisting both countries in addressing the outbreaks by helping with laboratory ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---Rashad Jamal Mack, 27, of Spartanburg, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Eighty years ago, the United States and Australia formed an unprecedented partnership just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the bombings of Darwin and Broome. This partnership has endured and strengthened as our nations have commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Florin Vaduva, age 31, of Dania Beach, Florida pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. As part of his plea agreement, Vaduva will be ordered to pay at least $1,085,151.42 in restitution.
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 $5 million grant to the Yurok Tribe, Klamath, California, to support establishment of an aerial imaging enterprise, Condor Aviation. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the performance of federal agencies and ensure they are effectively carrying out their mission for the American...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment against Dontrell Lamar Watson, age 33, of Charleston, for possessing a firearm and ammunition with a prior felony conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man who admitted to intimidating and threatening a witness who would testify against him regarding his involvement in a kidnapping and attempted murder on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 78 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 9.
