News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Henneke on Vineyard Wind Project: 'The federal government ignored multiple legal protections for affected stakeholders'

In taking aim at the Vineyard Wind Project, Robert Henneke, general counsel of Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), pointed out that the federal government ignored legal protections for stakeholders affected by the project, which he said would take away a 75,000-acre area used by the fishing industry to complete the wind energy project.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging a Umatilla County, Oregon, man with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and several other charges after he robbed the Wildhorse Resort and Casino on the Umatilla Indian Reservation at gunpoint and fired at least one round at a tribal police officer.


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today to seven and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun.



Justice Department Secures Agreement with Massachusetts School District to Ensure Equal Educational Opportunities for All Students, Including K’iche’ Speakers

News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with New Bedford Public Schools to resolve the department’s investigation into the school district’s practices for communicating with limited English proficient parents and guardians, including speakers of K’iche’, an Indigenous Mayan language.


Readout of Energy Secretary Granholm's Meeting with New England Governors

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Secretary Granholm held a virtual meeting with New England Governors representing Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The meeting follows the Department of Energy's request to meet with Governors in response to their late July letter. ...



Renowned theorist Amitava Bhattacharjee wins James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics


Columbia to Continue Creating Programmable Quantum Materials


Energy center receives $12.6 million in renewed funding



DOE Energy Frontier Research Center on Molten Salts Renewed for Four Years



Researchers bring more reliable electricity to Puerto Rican microgrids



SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway


There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Sept. 15.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Topeka, Kansas, returned a six-count indictment, unsealed today, charging former Kansas City Police Department detective Roger Golubski with federal civil rights crimes for sexually assaulting two victims while acting under color of law.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.