News from May 2022
By State Newswire | May 25, 2022
Release: Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at ensuring efficient coordination of their respective support to accountability efforts on the ground. The ACA will reinforce current EU, US and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - The Chief of Police in the village of Summit, Ill., corruptly accepted money from a local businessman intending to be influenced and rewarded in connection with the transfer of a liquor license to another individual, according to a federal indictment.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 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 $1.8 million grant to the city of Covington, Kentucky, to support infrastructure design for the redevelopment of a vacant complex. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to his role in two armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN VELEZ, also known as “Whites," 33, formerly of Hartford and West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for illegally possessing of a firearm, and then distributing fentanyl while released on bond.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for throwing an incendiary device at police officers in Naperville, Ill., during a period of civil unrest in June 2020.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2022
Release: SolSmart Awardees Will Help Communities Cut Red Tape For Solar Projects; Program Meets 2022 Goal to Add 60 New Communities, Including First Five In Puerto Rico
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following farewell remarks to the Committee on the final day of markups for the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: For Violent Crimes. HAMMOND- Omarr Williams, 43, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Williams was...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 26.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf sentenced Ana Yorling Rugama Sanchez, 28, of Memphis, Tennessee, to two years of probation and a fine of $1,500, and Jose Carlos “Victor" Pena Lopez, 51, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to one year of probation and a fine of $1,000, for their roles in creating false asbestos training certifications, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | May 25, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 26.
By State Newswire | May 25, 2022
Release: Yesterday, the United States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded two days of successful talks in Washington, D.C. on topics ranging from regional policy issues to climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, advancing human rights, food security, and countering violent extremism.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Final Request for Proposal for the new Portsmouth Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract (PORTS D&D) to be performed at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) Site in southern Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a settlement that, if approved by a federal court, will require Twitter, Inc. to pay $150 million in civil penalties and implement robust compliance measures to protect users’ data privacy. The settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - George Adyns, 51, of Sandown, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department tonight released the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland:
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by Alerus Financial Corporation, Grand Forks, North Dakota, to merge with MPB BHC, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Metro Phoenix Bank, both of Phoenix, Arizona.
