News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Pain Pill from Elderly Nursing Home Resident

News Release: An Iowa nurse who diverted narcotics from two Waterloo area nursing homes, including a pain pill from a 95-year-old who was suffering from chronic pain and dementia, was sentenced Nov. 2, 2022, to a year in federal prison.


U.S. Announcements Under the Green Shipping Challenge at COP27

Release: Greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector are significant, increasing, and on a trajectory that is not compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Compared to country emissions, the sector would rank among the top ten largest emitters globally.


Ahwatukee Shooter Sentenced to More Than 36 Years

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 26, 2022, Warren Evan Jose, 38, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 440 months in prison. Jose previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit with Endangerment During which Death Resulted, two counts of Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon, and two counts of Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.


Easterly: 'It takes all of us, working together, to drive down risk and build resilience' for infrastructure security

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency kicked off November as Infrastructure Security Month.


Vilsack: 'People living in rural towns across the nation need high-speed internet'

People living and working in rural parts of the country and in U.S. territories will soon be online thanks to a federal funding aimed at improving American's access to the internet.


Pelosi: 'Paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital following the violent assault against him Oct. 28.



The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector are significant, increasing, and on a trajectory that is not compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Compared to country emissions, the sector would rank among the top ten largest emitters globally.


News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact.


News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - As the potential for wildland fire subsides with cooler, wetter weather, the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office today is easing seasonal fire restrictions on approximately 230,000-acres of public lands in central California. Recreational target shooting and campfires with a valid campfire permit are once again allowed on public lands, unless otherwise posted. The fire order can found here.


International BAR Association recognizes Chinese lawyer Jiang Tianyong

Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong has received the 2022 International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Award for his extraordinary contributions to defending human rights in China.


Listing and Regulation of Plant Species Reported to be Proven Hosts of and Plants Associated with Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum)

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-39. Oct. 31, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, APHIS is adding proven hosts and associated plants to the list of plant species regulated for P. ramorum. The pathogen, P. ramorum, is the cause of both Sudden Oak Death, ...


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Marfa, TX discussed on Nov. 7 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced on Nov. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a Lawrence-based fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.


Ji Xiaolong suffers harsh conditions in prison

Chinese dissident Ji Xiaolong was arrested on September 23 by the Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Procuratorate on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He was allowed to meet with his lawyer for the first time nearly two months after his arrest.


Madison & Chicago Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Deliveries

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keith L. Harris, 29, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced Friday, November 4, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 years in federal prison for distribution of over 40 grams of a substance...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man convicted multiple times on Rhode Island state drug charges admitted to a federal court judge that he illegally possessed two loaded firearms and 16 grams of heroin seized during an FBI Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.