News from May 2022
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce the 2022 Horse Sense and Survival tour schedule, led by Resource Manager, Dr. Sue Stuska. The first trip will take place on Saturday, June 11 out of the Harkers Island Visitor Center at 7:45 A.M. (EDT). Participants will return to the Harkers Island dock at 12:15 P.M. (EDT).
By Bob Pepalis | May 27, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined President Joe Biden on his May 21-24 trip to Japan, during which the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was launched.
By Karen Kidd | May 27, 2022
National Park Service at Zion National Park held a public online meeting to present a proposal for the redesign of Zion Canyons' south entrance to improve access from Springdale, Utah.
By Glenn Minnis | May 27, 2022
A Wyoming woman has been sentenced for making a false statement to police alleging she was assaulted by an arresting officer.
By Glenn Minnis | May 27, 2022
West Virginia is set to receive $7.7 million in American Rescue Act grants to aid in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Karen Kidd | May 27, 2022
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack commented on President Joe Biden's intent to nominate Stacey Dean as under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to increase transparency around foreign lobbying, shine a light on efforts by foreign adversaries to influence our public policy, and ensure the government is working in the best interest of the nation has advanced in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant Repeatedly & Illegally Entered the U.S. & Engaged in Violent Crime & Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A retired Massachusetts State Police Trooper was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on May 31.
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
Today, Congress passed a bipartisan bill, the Access to Baby Formula Act, to make sure moms and babies who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have the formula they need.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 27, 2022, Shaka Africa, 31, of Northfield, Vermont, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to 32 months of imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release for possessing a firearm in 2020 after having been previously convicted of a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that an Information was filed charging Rionel Allembert, 21, of St. Croix, with possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of a firearm with a school zone. If convicted, Allembert faces up to five years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nazim Hassam, age 70, of Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 18 months in prison for money laundering stemming from an illegal transaction conducted with funds obtained through a fraudulent pandemic assistance loan application.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today released a discussion draft for telehealth policies as a part of the committee’s ongoing work to improve mental health care across the nation, which has included a public call for comments and three hearings to help develop these initiatives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant Entered Capitol Window, Made Way to House Speaker’s Office.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Omamo discussed steps to address the impact of rising global food insecurity on Africa, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants who are in the final year of their CRP contract to request voluntary termination of their CRP contract following the end of the primary nesting season for fiscal year 2022. Participants approved...
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Vyvianna M. Quinonez of Sacramento was sentenced in federal court today to 15 months in federal custody for interfering with a Southwest Airlines flight attendant. In addition, U.S. District Court Judge Todd W. Robinson ordered Quinonez to pay $25,981.57 in restitution and a $7,500 fine and...
