News from September 2022

By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Judiciary Committee on Sept. 28.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: For Drug Offense. HAMMOND-Erasmo Martinez, 44, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Martinez was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today an agreement to resolve allegations that Lakeland Bank (Lakeland) engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by “redlining" in the Newark metropolitan area, including neighborhoods in Essex, Somerset and Union counties in New Jersey. This resolution is part of the Justice Department’s nationwide Combating Redlining Initiative and represents the third-largest redlining settlement in department history.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
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 Evan Haceesa was charged with murder in Indian Country. Haceesa, 30, of Nageezi, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared for a preliminary and detention hearing on Sept. 23 and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

By Bob Pepalis | Sep 29, 2022
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo unveiled six new grant awards to establish or maintain high-quality export employment across the country in strategic industries.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: Tacoma - A 45-year-old resident of Lekki, Nigeria, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 5 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his attempt to steal nearly $2.4 million from the United States government, including approximately $500,000 in pandemic-related...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that a federal jury convicted Alexis Riego, 50, of Merritt Island, Florida, of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury committed in 2019.

By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 28, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a citation against Bell Lumber and Pole Company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. EPA alleges that Bell Lumber failed to use pollution control practices to minimize emissions from its New Brighton facility in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
By State Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Sept. 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Sauk Rapids man has pleaded guilty to willfully manufacturing firearms without a license, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: Payments of Approximately $372 Million Are the Eighth Distribution in a Series of Payments That Together Will Constitute the Largest Payment of Forfeited Funds in the History of the Department of Justice’s Victim Compensation Program.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: BELLWOOD, IL - A federal workplace safety inspection found a Chicago-area candy manufacturer’s long history of violations for machine safety requirements continues after the company exposed workers to amputation hazards and failed to utilize lockout procedures for the third time in five years at its Bellwood site.

By Lucas Nava | Sep 29, 2022
An interactive, interpretive exhibit sharing the nation's history with atomic-weapons manufacturing and clean-up efforts of contaminated sites was unveiled earlier this month.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $915,900 grant to San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, to renovate and repurpose a city building to support the Harvest Food Hub and Kitchen.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the city of Watertown, South Dakota, for construction, water, and roadway infrastructure improvements to establish a new industrial park.