News from May 2022
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Bronchopneumonia caused by the influenza virus and strep zooepidemicus bacteria caused the high mortality among horses at the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Corrals located on the Colorado Department of Corrections East Canon Complex in Canon City, CO confirming earlier results these infectious agents contributed to the deaths of 145 horses since April 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Strong, age 30, of Watervliet, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to increase transparency around foreign lobbying, shine a light on efforts by foreign adversaries to influence our public policy, and ensure the government is...
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold an online listening session for West Coast employees, employers and other stakeholders on June 3, 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 Fed Newswire | May 27, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 31.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) applauded HSGAC for passing their bipartisan DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act to strengthen...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Southeastern Utah is experiencing hazardous fire conditions due to prolonged drought and extremely dry vegetation. Weather forecasts and wildland fire prediction models point to increased fire danger. As a result, on Thursday, June 2, 2022, all Bureau of Land Management (BLM), USDA Forest Service (USDA FS), National Park Service (NPS), State of Utah and unincorporated private lands in the following areas will increase fire restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An armed drug trafficker has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting he sold large quantities of drugs and possessed firearms in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime.
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
Jarad discusses his passion for fishery management, what makes Pacific Island fisheries so special, and what Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month means to him.
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6 million grant to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to support the Atlantic City Boardwalk Revitalization Project
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement highlighting the six bipartisan bills being favorably reported out of Committee:“Today’s package of important bills is a great step in our efforts to provide stable and fair markets for our agriculture producers and consumers,” said Chairman David Scott.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has approved a consent decree resolving the department’s Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging race discrimination in housing by the owners and manager of two rental properties in Cedartown, Georgia. The defendants are Crimson Management LLC; Benefield Housing Partnership (dba Cedartown Commons); and Cedartown Housing Associates (dba Cedarwood Village).
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - For New Mexico renters and homeowners who cannot live in their homes because of damage due to the wildfires, FEMA rental assistance may help. The initial rental award is for two months and may be reviewed for further assistance.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Have you ever received an ominous call or message from someone pretending to be a government official alleging that your information has been compromised or demanding a form of payment?
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Kankakee, Illinois, man, Jody Lagesse, 48, of the 100 block of North 7th Ave., was sentenced on May 24, 2022, to seven years’ imprisonment in the Bureau of Prisons, to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor and use of interstate facilities to attempt to transmit information about a minor.
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 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: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Steven Chavez Phillips-Hall, age 30, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to 115 months in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon, and for his role in gang-related shootouts during the summer of 2021.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2022
Arctic Indigenous Cultural Heritage Initiative (AICHI) grant opened on May 27.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office has completed an environmental assessment (EA) and is seeking public comment on the proposed Mohave Mine Exploration Project (DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2022-0006-EA).
