News from September 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell traveled to Puerto Rico yesterday and met with Gov. Pedro Pierluisi to assess any unmet needs and tour some areas affected by Hurricane Fiona. The Administrator remains in Puerto Rico today, meeting with FEMA staff and touring additional damaged areas.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced settlements with two New Jersey companies for violations of federal laws related to the distribution and sale of Zoono Microbe Shield, a registered pesticide, with false and misleading claims about its effectiveness and suitability ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Travis Aguilar was arraigned on an indictment charging him with assault on a federal officer. Aguilar, 31, of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: PRICE, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office announces the signing of the final two Emery County land conveyances directed by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act. This transfer of more than 1,000 acres from the BLM to the County promotes economic development in communities and creates good-paying jobs supporting Administration priorities.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation into the growing use of private placement life insurance by the wealthiest Americans to avoid and evade taxes with letters to Prudential Financial, Zurich Insurance Group, and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). Wyden began the investigation with a letter to Lombard International.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ahmad Al Saleh (59, Tampa) to 12 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The court also ordered Al Saleh to make restitution to the USDA in the amount of $654,502.28.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Tabitha Standley, age 34 of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, to 120 months in prison following her plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Blythe Solar Power Project – a four-unit, 485-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic facility and 387 MW battery energy storage system in Riverside County, California – is now fully operational. The project, which will produce enough ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
Release: Denver, Colo. Sept. 22, 2022 USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services a $1,530,000 grant to support their efforts to enhance efficiency and access in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, in Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 for fraud, identity theft, firearm and drug offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is gathering input to help shape a recently announced planned grant program focused on improving the resiliency of our food and agricultural supply chain by addressing labor shortages in agriculture, reducing irregular migration...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob Ring, 31, Wausau, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 84 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Ring pleaded guilty to this charge on May 27, 2022.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes the negotiated prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, which includes two U.S. citizens captured while serving in Ukraine’s military. The United States is appreciative of Ukraine including all prisoners of war, regardless of nationality, in its negotiations, and we look ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: Hines, Ore. - Changing weather conditions and cooler temperatures on the horizon have prompted Burns Interagency Fire Zone officials to reduce local public land use restrictions.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) teams fanned out across Puerto Rico to assess the damage from Hurricane Fiona, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas joined FEMA Associate Administrator for Response and Recovery Anne Bink and senior FEMA leadership at the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Dondre Charles Jackson, age 29, of Moses Lake, Washington, pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining $49,999 in COVID-19 relief funds. This case is part of the Eastern Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Terrance Eric Foster, 45, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced to 13 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
