News from September 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 57 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: AUSTIN - Last week, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sentenced Eri Gutberto Parra-Lopez, 25, of Phoenix, AZ, to 72 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Anthony Souza of Ocean Beach was sentenced in federal court today to 12.5 years for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams and more of fentanyl. Souza’s distribution of fentanyl resulted in the fatal overdose of 28-year-old Chad Stevens, also of Ocean Beach. According to his plea agreement, Souza...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHANNON DAVIS, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to approximately 34 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer name: Primeforce Inc., operating as Elite Workforce Management

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Lisa Kelly, de la División de Horas y Salarios de la oficina de Nashville y Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales del Consulado de México en Little Rock se unen a Michael Speer y Hanz Grünauer de la división para renovar una alianza para proteger a los trabajadores mexicanos.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 27, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered a New Strawn, Kansas, man and his excavating company to cease dumping materials into wetlands adjacent to a tributary to the Neosho River.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Lisa Kelly, of the Wage and Hour Division’s Nashville office and Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales of Mexican Consulate in Little Rock join the division’s Michael Speer and Hanz Grünauer to renew an alliance to protect native Mexican workers.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer: Stat Etc. Inc. Operating as Queen City Home and Medical Staffing Investigation site: 530 E. Innes St. Salisbury, NC 28144 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer paid straight-time rates for all hours worked. By doing so, ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 27 , 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report Sept. 21 celebrating the Green

By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA (Sept. 27, 2022) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is partnering with the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) to host the Green Racing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) event at Tucker High School in Tucker, Georgia.

By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to be here with Minister Muhriddin. We were just in New York together, but very glad to have you in Washington and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the United States and Tajikistan. We’ve been working together for – as ...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees of a Philadelphia healthcare staffing company that misclassified them and willfully denied their hard-earned overtime pay.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer name: Omega Drywall Company Inc.

By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic from September 28-October 9, 2022. Her 12-day trip will prioritize working with U.S. diplomatic missions on policy and messaging priorities, ...

By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: PUERTO RICO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Total

By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $315 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Metro Water Services in Nashville, Tennessee. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, Metro Water Services will modernize its infrastructure to provide safe, reliable drinking water to its growing service area.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: The President today signed the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2023, setting the refugee admissions target at 125,000 for this upcoming fiscal year. This ambitious target demonstrates that the United States is committed to rebuilding and strengthening the U.S. Refugee ...