News from September 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $3.6 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. for the costs of operating a temporary hospital to handle patient loads during the COVID pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: President Obama initiated a drastic federal takeover of the student loan program. The result? Rising college costs, declining return on investment, and ballooning student loan debt costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. President Biden is doubling down on these failed policies and enacting flat-out illegal student loan bailouts that will further exacerbate problems for students and taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in support of the Pacific Legal Foundation’s lawsuit against the Department of Education for its student loan debt scheme...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: DOE also Releases Strategic Roadmap to Enhance Ability to Harness Solar Power, Lower Costs for Mirrors used in Concentrating Solar Power Plants
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Zoë Baird as Senior Counselor to the Secretary for Technology and Economic Growth. In her role, Baird will focus on expanding employer-based training and apprenticeship programs throughout the country. She will also help advance U.S. competitiveness in key technologies and ensure broadly shared economic benefit from new technologies, including by small and medium-sized enterprises.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - All Afghan nationals have departed the safe haven facility at the National Conference Center (NCC) in Leesburg, Virginia, to join communities across the United States. Our commitment to our Afghan allies is enduring and, as part of the U.S. government’s efforts to continue welcoming our Afghan allies, we are adopting a new model whereby Afghan nationals arriving will travel directly to their new communities without a safe haven stop-over in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Taking care of your mental health is an essential part of overall health and wellbeing. Not only does it affect how you think, feel, and act, but it also determines how you handle challenges, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Just as you take care of your body by eating right and exercising, it is important to make the time and take steps to care for your mental health.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying that “we will not appreciate water until the well runs dry." The same might be said of our nation’s emergency oil stockpile.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will create Indigenous Food Hubs for BIE-operated schools and BIA-operated detention centers to help source Indigenous foods, enhance culturally based healthy nutrition education and boost training for healthy and culturally appropriate food preparation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to South Carolina today to highlight the Interior Department’s commitment to help tell a more complete story of America.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Customers Bank, Malvern, Pennsylvania Flood insurance violations, civil money penalty, dated Sept. 22, 2022 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced that it has invited comment on updates to its existing guidance on commercial real estate loan accommodations for borrowers. The proposal from the Board is identical to a proposal issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, applauded the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) unanimous decision to initiate the public comment process on a proposed rule, the notice for which references information provided by the Subcommittee, aimed at cracking down on robotexts by forcing cellphone companies to block texts from illegal or fraudulent phone numbers.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: HOUSTON, TX - Passengers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) continue to bring a record number of guns to the Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) security checkpoints. As of September 27th of this year, TSA officers at IAH have prevented 216 guns from making it onboard airplanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Jacob Paul Bermel, age 39 of Muscatine, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to 300 months in prison following his plea to charges of Production and Possession of Child Pornography. Bermel was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to each of his four victims, totaling $12,000.
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 $3.9 million in grants to support economic development efforts in communities in Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Nyron Harmon, 31, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced today that Maryland-based developer Stavrou Associates, Inc. and related entities have agreed to pay $185,000...
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 million grant to Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc., Willcox, Arizona, to support the recovery of the tourism sector through improvements to the downtown historic district of Willcox. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
