News from May 2022
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Native American Employment and Training Council will meet on June 22 and 23, 2022 at the department’s Frances Perkins Building in Washington from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2022
Release: Representatives of the Governments of the United States and the Netherlands have partnered to support the UN efforts to address and avert the economic, environmental, and humanitarian threats posed by the Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea region.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Joshua D. Wolson sentenced Ryan Bacon, 37, to thirty years in prison and Michael Pritchett, 37, to twenty-five years in prison. Bacon and Pritchett had each pleaded guilty to federal stalking, kidnapping, and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Grupo Verzatec S.A. de C.V. (Verzatec) has abandoned its proposed acquisition of Crane Composites (Crane), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crane Co. The proposed transaction would have eliminated intense competition between Verzatec and its biggest competitor, Crane, allowing Verzatec to dominate the industry and harm American businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that on May 26, 2022, James Heritage, 39 of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $469,082.73 in restitution after pleading guilty to two counts relating to fraud committed against the United States Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and numerous state unemployment benefits administrators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Cleveland, OH - This afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested D’Lawrence Scott, 19, and Lawrence Scott Jr., 56. D’Lawrence Scott was wanted for aggravated murder by the Akron Police Department and Lawrence Scott Jr. was want for obstruction of justice in reference to the same homicide.
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Finance Committee on May 26.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), applauded the Committee for passing their bipartisan Technological Hazards Preparedness and Training Act of 2022 to expand the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing what he described as a “miracle cure" for COVID-19, was sentenced today to 30 days of custody and one year of home confinement for trying to smuggle hydroxychloroquine into the United States to sell in his coronavirus “treatment kits.".
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Legislative Hearing to Protect Consumers and Strengthen the Economy:"
By State Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the people of Guyana on your 56th anniversary of independence.
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on legislation to improve American economic leadership, including legislation to strengthen the travel and tourism industry.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to help protect pets and other animals during and in the aftermath of natural disasters and emergencies has advanced in the Senate. The Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Act directs the Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel Castelli, 68, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by United States District Court Senior Judge R. Barclay Surrick for racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: Two Also Accused of Taking Part in Murder in Puerto Rico.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: This afternoon, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened for the season. Due to melting snow on the road and the potential for freezing temperatures visitors should be prepared for icy conditions. At this time, night-time closures will not be implemented. However, because weather conditions...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a sex trafficking offense involving a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Troy John Pitzen, age 58, of Peru, Iowa, was sentenced May 26, 2022, to 24 months in prison following his guilty plea to making false statements to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Pitzen’s term of imprisonment will be followed by three years of supervised release.
