News from May 2022
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Following a federal investigation, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reinstated an employee in Atlanta wrongly disciplined and terminated for absences protected under federal law and paid them $77,314 in back wages to resolve violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee's hearing on the National Guard and Reserve.
By Trina Thomas | May 25, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on May 18 announced funding of $53 million for small businesses to address climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that PRESTON RAY WISENBAKER, age 31, of Gillette, Wyoming was sentenced for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime on April 21, 2021, in front of Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Wisenbaker was ordered to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release and to pay a $100 special assessment.
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 Interior Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Due to warm and dry weather conditions and increasing fire danger, Grand Canyon National Park will implement Stage 2 fire restrictions for the South Rim, North Rim and Inner Canyon beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022.The restriction encompasses the entire park including all campgrounds, residential areas, backcountry sites, and developed recreation sites including: Phantom Ranch, Cottonwood Campground, Indian Garden Campground and the Colorado River corridor.
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Federal Justice Statistics, 2020. This report describes cases processed by the federal criminal justice system, including the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Bruce Minor, 46, of Philadelphia, PA, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Chad F. Kenney in connection with his scheme to embezzle money from his former employer, the Philadelphia Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Larrien Brown-Austin, 37, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker to 15 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 special assessment fine and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Committee hearing on legislation to improve American leadership in next generation communications technology.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. The survey provides state and local government data on full- and part-time employment, full-time equivalent employment, and payroll statistics by governmental function.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN CURLEY, 41, formerly of Morris, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a child exploitation offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the sexual exploitation of three minor victims and receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg woman was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a multi-state conspiracy responsible for distributing methamphetamine and other controlled substances in the Parkersburg area.
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 26.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with state and local law enforcement, have increased their focus on prosecuting violent crime in Tuscaloosa. The initiative was made possible, in part, by focusing on crimes that drive the violence. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and ATF Special Agent in Charge Mickey French made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida woman was charged with wire fraud after she stole over $3 million from the law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2022
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - Annual campfire restrictions will go into effect June 1, 2022, on portions of the Crooked, Deschutes, John Day, and White Rivers, as well as on BLM-administered lands along Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session)” on May 18.
