News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Zuni Man Charged with Murder in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Brian Wallace made an initial appearance in federal court on Oct. 11 on a criminal complaint charging him with...


The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the first round of grants from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s competitive Bridge Investment Program.



House Committee on Agriculture publishes 16 press releases or notices in September

There were 16 press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Agriculture in September.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two New Jersey women today admitted trafficking methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Richard Orlinski “Sugar" Sanchez, 44, of Dexter, New Mexico, was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Oct. 12.


The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a new national paid media campaign to educate drivers about the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses.



News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has secured a settlement agreement with Professional Maintenance Management (PMM), a cleaning and janitorial services company based in Maryland. The settlement resolves the department’s determination that PMM discriminated against its non-U.S. citizen workers when checking their permission to work in the United States, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).


Five Arrested in Attempted Human Smuggling Event Near Morses Line

News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that five persons were arrested near Morses Line on October 9, 2022 in connection with what is believed to be an attempt to smuggle individuals without legal status into the United States. Angel Hernandez-Pineda, 32, a Honduran national...


Pittsburgh Man Charged with Attempted Coercion of a Minor for Sex

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal child exploitation laws United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its final rule on flight attendant duty and rest time.


News Release: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today, based upon a thorough investigation focused on custodial informant activity from 2007 through 2016, that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department operated a custodial informant program that systematically violated criminal defendants’ Sixth Amendment right to counsel and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law.


U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, continued their efforts to increase transparency in the prescription drug pricing market, leading a bipartisan letter to Chairwoman Lina Khan to underscore the urgency for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) investigation and report its findings to Congress.


There were 43 press releases published by the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate in September.


News Release: Defendants Allegedly Defrauded Victims of Almost $18 Million as Part of “Pig Butchering" Investment Fraud and Money Laundering Schemes and Illegally Converted More Than $52 Million of Cash to Cashier’s Checks.


Seven press releases published in September by Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

There were seven press releases published by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency in September.


Manufacturing USA Semiconductor Institutes discussed on Oct. 13 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


ICYMI: Cantwell on Culture of Abuse in Women’s Soccer


Cantwell promised change and fought for new regulation in previous FAA Reauthorization