News from September 2022

By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Djibouti. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing the enacted budget and end-of-year report within a reasonable period. It did not publish the executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government published...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Michael Ryan Shoemaker, 35, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced in federal court in Yakima for Distribution of Fifty Grams or More of Pure (Actual) Methamphetamine. Chief...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the following remarks at the VOICES Center for Resilience 21st Annual Remembrance Symposium in New York City. His remarks are below...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin joins The Justice Department in announcing on, September 9, 2022 it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner and managers of a rental property in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, harassed a tenant because of his sex, including his sexual orientation and his disability, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Yemen. During the review period, the government did not produce within a reasonable period any budget documents, including an executive budget proposal, end-of-year report, or enacted budget. The government published limited information on debt obligations. It did...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
There was activity on seven bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on Sept. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the indictment of SHARNAE EVERY (“EVERY"), age 27, of Houston, Texas, who was charged with one (1) count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 and two (2) counts of Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - Three Santa Rosa, California men were arrested in California yesterday and charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances in middle Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Suriname. During the review period, the government made significant progress in four areas: (1) publishing a budget that included major sources of revenue and expenditure; (2) ensuring actual revenues and expenditures reasonably correspond to those in the enacted...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a trike motorcycle accident on Newfound Gap Road approximately 9 miles south of Sugarlands Visitor Center on Friday, September 9, at approximately 11:04 a.m. Lyle Tidwell, age 85, of Cleveland, TX, lost control of his trike motorcycle near the...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News 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 ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its People’s Garden Initiative to include eligible gardens nationwide. School gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural, suburban and urban areas can be recognized as a “People’s Garden" if...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jgenus Steele was convicted of committing fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine base trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Springfield Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) has been sentenced for drug offenses.
By Press release submission | Sep 10, 2022
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By Bob Pepalis | Sep 10, 2022
The former owner of a restaurant in Albany, New York, has been sued by the Department of Labor for allegedly attempting to intimidate three employees and bar them from participating in a private class action lawsuit, depriving them of their rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) regional administrator authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of California in combatting the Mosquito Fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met virtually while in Brussels today with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. The Secretary again extended his deepest sympathies to the people of the Commonwealth on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Suriname. During the review period, the government made significant progress in four areas: (1) publishing a budget that included major sources of revenue and expenditure; (2) ensuring actual revenues and expenditures reasonably correspond to those in the enacted...