News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Three times in four months, federal safety inspectors observed workers employed by a Calumet City roofing contractor exposed to deadly fall hazards at job sites in Lake Zurich and Wheeling.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
With injury rates among the more than 90,000 food production workers in Illinois and Ohio significantly higher than other manufacturing workers, the U.S. Department of Labor has stepped up its outreach and enforcement efforts to reduce workplace hazards and better protect workers in these states.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
On June 2, 2022, a 39-year-old employee of a Mapleton foundry fell and was immediately incinerated in an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. A federal investigation determined that, if required safety guards or fall protection had been installed, the 39-year-old employee's ninth day on the job might not have been their last.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement commending the passage of bipartisan legislation that will strengthen the economy, set uniform national rules for transparency of online marketplaces, and protect American horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man who was wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor at the time of the offense pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing a Bank of America branch in Springfield last summer.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a Phase 1 Other Transaction award of $200,000 to FireHUD, Inc. (commercially conducting business as SlateSafety). The Norcross, Georgia-based company will develop a rugged armband that captures critical physiological information to help prevent injuries to the military, industrial workers, and emergency responders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: A federal jury today convicted a political consultant for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian foreign national to a 2016 presidential campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Devon Kelly, 43, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty of burglary, unlawful possession of a firearm, and other property-related offenses involving multiple domestic violence incidents against the same victim on March 14, 2022, in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement commending the passage of bipartisan legislation that will strengthen the economy, set uniform national rules for transparency of online marketplaces, and protect American horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 23-year-old man has been ordered to prison for enticement of a minor online, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
Release: During Sharm El-Sheikh Visit, Sec. Granholm Launched New International Partnerships, Showcased Innovative Pathways to Accelerating Clean Energy Development and Deployment
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Denise Marie Cottrill, 64, of Charleston, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Cottrill admitted to a role in a large-volume drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in Kanawha County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERNEST DUNN, age 32 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2022 for a violation the Federal Gun Control Act. He was convicted of a single count indictment charging him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 777,510 workers in September 2022, 8,404 (1.09%) more workers than in August 2022 (769,106) and 34,410 (4.63%) more than in pre-pandemic September 2019 (743,100).
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2022 – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced $20.5 million in grants to help states or federally recognized tribes establish temporary bridge programs to protect water resources during forest-related operations and to assist wood processing facility owners to establish, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: Proposed changes promote nutrition security and maternal and child health, increase flexibility for participants
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Transportation services (for-hire, in-house, and household) contributed $1.3 trillion (5.6%) to an enhanced U.S. gross domestic product (GDP)1 of $23.7 trillion in 2021—as measured by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A former bank loan officer entered a guilty plea in federal court yesterday in an asset misapplication scheme involving $1.2 million dollars.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
U.S. Mission to Nigeria: Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant opened on Nov. 18.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
2023 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants grant opened on Nov. 18.
