News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


News Release: Defendants Allegedly Each Played a Role in Supplying Fentanyl to High School Students in Monterey County, Sometimes Resulting In Overdoses.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Traun Renekki Musgrove, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to one year of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


US Department of Labor cites oil company after 3 workers suffer severe injuries in North Dakota well explosion

News Release: GRASSY BUTTE, ND - Federal workplace safety investigators determined that an oil company’s failure to take adequate safety precautions contributed to a drilling site explosion near Grassy Butte on Nov. 4, 2021, that permanently disabled one worker and left two others with serious injuries.


Senator Murray Statement on Oklahoma’s Texas-Style Abortion Ban

Senator Murray Statement on Oklahoma’s Texas-Style Abortion Ban


Senator Murray Statement On President Biden’s COVID and Ukraine Funding Request

Senator Murray Statement On President Biden’s COVID and Ukraine Funding Request


Burr: FDA Must Be Held Accountable to Meeting Terms of Its Commitments in User Fee Programs

Burr: FDA Must Be Held Accountable to Meeting Terms of Its Commitments in User Fee Programs


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on July 6

BJA FY 22 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation grant opened on May 9.


Senator Burr Statement on the Passing of Former Senator Orrin Hatch

Senator Burr Statement on the Passing of Former Senator Orrin Hatch


US Department of Labor hosts online roundtable to promote safety; prevent sexual assault, harassment in the trucking industry

US Department of Labor hosts online roundtable to promote safety; prevent sexual assault, harassment in the trucking industry


Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea

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.


News Release: HAMMOND- Kevin Chevrette, 40 years old, of Wheatfield, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James Moody on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dylan Michael Ward, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to six months of incarceration for a firearms conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, GA. - The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Chattahoochee River NRA) today launched public commenting on plans for the rehabilitation of Paces Mill in partnership with the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CCID).


Local woman ordered to prison for aggravated identity theft

News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old Houston resident has been sent to prison following her conviction of using stolen personal information to obtain over $1,000, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


US Department of Labor initiatives promote ‘safety’ of industry workers’ wages, employer compliance during National Construction Safety Week

US Department of Labor initiatives promote ‘safety’ of industry workers’ wages, employer compliance during National Construction Safety Week





News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) cosigned Congressman Chris Jacobs’ (NY-27) letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on a proposed rule change to the Charter Schools Program that would limit school choice access for families. The letter was cosigned by 21 other Members of Congress.


Food Employers Labor Relations Association and United Food and Commercial Workers (FELRA) Pension Plan to Receive SFA

Food Employers Labor Relations Association and United Food and Commercial Workers (FELRA) Pension Plan to Receive SFA