News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer will travel to Ethiopia and the region September 4-15. He will press for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the start of peace talks.


Pennsylvania Man Admits to Bank Robbery

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William J. Birdsall, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Jacqueline Havens, of Boones Mill, Virginia, have admitted to their involvement in a bank robbery, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Groves, a convicted felon, was in possession of a stolen shotgun.


Reclamation temporarily bans open burning campfires and charcoal barbecues at New Melones Reservoir

News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation bans the use of charcoal and other ash-producing fuels in New Melones recreation areas starting Friday, Sept. 2 through Nov. 15, and may be extended if extreme fire conditions persist.


There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on Sept. 2.


Duluth Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Attempted Bank Robbery and Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cody Walker-Nelson, 31, Duluth, Minnesota was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 10 years in prison for attempted bank robbery and possessing firearms as a felon. Walker-Nelson pleaded guilty to these charges on May 24, 2022.


Sept. 2: bills handled by Natural Resources Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 2.


St. Peters Woman Accused of $200,000 Pandemic Loan Fraud

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a woman from St. Peters, Missouri on charges accusing her of committing a $204,095 fraud involving a loan program intended for small businesses to continue to pay their employees during the pandemic.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that AIMEE HARRIS and ROBERT KURLANDER pled guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation...


News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas affected by the devastating wildfires in Dulzura, California and throughout the state, and the water crisis in Mississippi.


Reno Resident Sentenced To Prison For Large-Scale Retail Theft Ring

News Release: RENO - A Reno man was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to 71 months in prison - with five months to run concurrent to his current state time and the remainder to run consecutive to his state time - followed by three years of supervised release for conducting a million-dollar retail theft operation by buying stolen items from drug abusers and reselling the items online.



Gross Domestic Product (Second Estimate) Corporate Profits (Preliminary Estimate) Second Quarter 2022


Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $143 Million in Grants to Expand High-Speed Internet Access on Tribal Land in California, Washington


President Biden visits NNSA-supported manufacturing program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University


EM's New ETEC Federal Project Director Discusses Next Cleanup Phase at SSFL


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lafourche Parish Man for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Acts

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On Sept. 1, 2022, a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned a one-count indictment charging a man for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Oak Ridge Contractor Captures ‘Top Workplaces’ Award, Other Honors


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8.5 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $8.5 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for endangered species recovery and conservation in the Colorado River Basin. Funding will modify the current water intake system at the Lake Mead State Fish Hatchery, which supplies razorback sucker and bonytail subadult fish to the Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program as part of their fish augmentation program.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to Speaker Pelosi’s statement on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act and the importance of the legislation’s preemption provisions to ensure all Americans have the same privacy protections, no matter where they are.