News from April 2023
By Federal Newswire | Apr 30, 2023
There were three notices published by the Federal Reserve System in week ending April 15, according to the Federal Register.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing allocations totaling $30 billion for hospitals, highways, educational institutions, parks, water and the electric grid in Puerto Rico for reconstruction in the wake of Hurricane María.
By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $250 million funding opportunity to accelerate the nation's electric heat pump manufacturing.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
Thousands of incidents of railroad crossings being blocked by stopped trains occur in the United States each year, causing significant safety risks and economic disruptions, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
By Tamara Browning | Apr 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has given more than $228 million to a program that funds schools, roads and more to more than 700 counties in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
Prior to Earth Day, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revealed an $18.3 million investment plan to safeguard the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
The lineup of U.S. government representatives, business leaders and global executives who will speak at the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit has been announced.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
An Iowa State University professor and director of the Seed Science Center has been chosen to lead the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
A former West Virginia parole officer will spend the next 15 years in prison after being convicted for sexually assaulting a female parolee.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
Charges have been filed in the Eastern District of New York federal court against five individuals accused in separate pandemic-related fraud schemes.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 30, 2023
A former employee working at two Texas shelters for unaccompanied immigrant children has been charged with several counts of sexual abuse of minors in his custody.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves spoke about the future of the space sector and the need to make it more commercially accessible at the Space Foundation's Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
An foreign national in the U.S. illegally and wanted on a murder charge in Jamaica was arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team officers on April 14.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
A Brazilian national convicted and sentenced to prison for armed robbery in Brazil, was arrested in Massachusetts by U.S. federal agents,
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
The United States and Kenya concluded the Third Bilateral Strategic Dialogue April 24 and afterward, the two countries released a joint statement and spoke to the news media recognizing their continued cooperation and partnership.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a New York Post article that questioned a funding request for female-sized crash test dummies with an observation and a correction.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy joined forces with Xcel Energy to provide federal facilities in Colorado with electricity that is completely free of carbon pollution by 2030.
By Tamara Browning | Apr 29, 2023
Two companies involved in the construction of the Fairfield Inn and Suites Hotel by Marriott and Casino Construction Project in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, have been fined a total of $30,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Water Act.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
Non-profit industry groups can apply for federal funding of up to $300,000 to support projects that will generate an increase in both U.S. exports and U.S. jobs.
By Tamara Browning | Apr 29, 2023
A 15-year-old from Virginia won the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of a hooded merganser.
