News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Release: USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will conduct annual certification visits for offshore greenhouse facilities that wish to export Pelargonium spp. unrooted plant cuttings as part of the Minimum Sanitation Protocol for Offshore Geranium Cutting Production. Pelargonium sp. shipped ...


Two North Carolina Tax Preparers Plead Guilty to $5 Million Tax Conspiracy

News Release: Two North Carolina women pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing false tax returns for clients and causing them to be filed with the IRS. Hawkins, Ricks, and their co-conspirators caused more than 1,000 false tax returns to be filed with the IRS that claimed a total of approximately $5 million in fraudulent refunds.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Department of the Interior announced that it has invested over $3.3 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Alaska on 7,952 acres of land across the state. ...


Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Abuja, Nigeria, September 12-13 and Dakar, Senegal, September 14-15, where he will engage in discussions with government counterparts and the private sector regarding strengthening climate action and the upcoming 27th Conference of the...


News Release: An Oregon man pleaded guilty today after twice breaking windows and destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grants Pass, Oregon, because the clinic provides reproductive health services.


There was activity on 14 bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 19.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Interior Department Invests Over $7.5 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Advance Wildfire Resilience in California

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif - Today the Department of the Interior announced that it has invested over $7.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in California on 9,969 acres of land across ...


EPA's McCollister on testing at Cherokee County Superfund site: 'Protect your family from dangerous lead exposure by contacting us'

As part of a new site-wide assessment of the Cherokee County NPL Superfund Site in southeastern Kansas, the EPA will provide free home lead testing.


Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium

Release: Thank you, Assistant Secretary Davidson, for that introduction, and for your incredible leadership at NTIA.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the extradition of Jose Ramon Tejeda-Guerrero (38) from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Tejeda-Guerrero was charged in a 2012 indictment with fraudulent possession of counterfeit or unauthorized access devices and four...


Fitchburg Man Sentenced in Wide-Ranging Fentanyl, Heroin and Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced on Sept. 16, 2022 in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


Huntington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for  Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marquette Damon Eanes, 50, of Huntington, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I want to thank my colleagues from Armenia and Azerbaijan for being here today. I want to start by just offering our sincere condolences to the families and the friends of those who died or were wounded in the recent fighting last week. We’re encouraged by the fact that the fighting has ceased and there have not been any additional military actions over the last - the last few days.


News Release: CONCORD - Michael Racine, 50, formerly of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on Sept. 16, 2022, Matheau P. Martinez (age: 38) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 19.


September 2022 Parkwide fire ban lifted at Mount Rainier National Park