News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 14

NRCS' Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 - Connecticut grant opened on Feb. 22.


News Release: Statement by Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan in his capacity as Chair of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Munich Security Conference.


Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

News Release: Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all five counts of a superseding indictment charging him with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that includes six drug-related violations, international...


Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Restore Sulphur Springs

News Release: Though the Sunken forest is made up of a wide range of tree species, from oaks to maples, pines and cedars, three of the most common species here make up a bulk of the canopy.


Court requires North Texas dental practice, owners to pay $15K in back wages to workers fired for raising COVID-19 safety concerns

News Release: NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX - Two workers at a North Texas dental practice will share $15,706 in back wages to be paid by the dentists who fired them for raising concerns about COVID-19 safety measures in Spring 2020, following a federal whistleblower investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on Feb. 16, 2023, Henri Sosa-Gomez, 36, New York, NY, Jamel Romero, 30, New York, NY, Leonel Abreu-Montero, 31, Wilmington, DE, John Doe aka Arison Hernandez-Acevado, 31, Wilmington, DE, and Christian Sanchez...


News Release: Introduction. Resurgent calderas are the largest volcanic features on Earth. But they are not soaring mountains like composite volcanoes, nor hulking masses like shield volcanoes. They form by ground subsidence after especially large volcanic eruptions that partially empty the underlying magma reservoir...


Winterfest 2023 This Weekend at Denali National Park and Preserve

News Release: Introduction. Summit calderas form on preexisting composite volcanoes at the end of large-volume, climactic eruptions that empty the magma chamber beneath the summit. Caldera-collapse occurs along ring fractures as the summit area founders into the space previously occupied by the shallow magma reservoir.


Four Florida Men Arrested in Plot to Kill Haitian President, Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against 11

U.S. federal law enforcement arrested two U.S. citizens and a legal permanent resident living in South Florida and one U.S. citizen living in Tampa pursuant to criminal complaints on charges relating to their participation in the events leading to the July 7, 2021, assassination of President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti.


Michigan Property Manager Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Obstructing the IRS

Michigan man pleaded guilty today to money laundering and obstructing the IRS.


Michigan Insurance Salesman Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns and Making False Statements in Bankruptcy

A Michigan man was convicted today of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice.


West Palm Beach Healthcare Operator Charged in Employment Tax Scheme

Allegedly Did Not Pay More Than $6 Million in Employee Withholdings to the IRS


Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon of the Office of Justice Programs Delivers Remarks at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Convening

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon of the Office of Justice Programs Delivers Remarks at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Convening


Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen Delivers Remarks on Haitian President Assassination Prosecution

Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen Delivers Remarks on Haitian President Assassination Prosecution


Justice Department Secures Settlement in Religious Discrimination Suit Against Lansing, Michigan

The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the City of Lansing, Michigan, that will resolve the department’s religious accommodation and retaliation lawsuit.


Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Convening

Thank you for those kind words and those important words, Amy, but more importantly, thank you for your outstanding leadership.


Director Allison Randall of the Office on Violence Against Women Delivers Remarks at the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Event

Director Allison Randall of the Office on Violence Against Women Delivers Remarks at the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Event


Street Gang Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy

A Virgin Islands man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.



District Man Admits to Perpetrating Sophisticated Fraud Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON - Suzgo Phiri, 35, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today in District Court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper who scheduled sentencing for June 13, 2023. Phiri faces a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison, plus possible fines and restitution.