News from February 2023
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEYON DOOLING and ALAN ANDERSON were sentenced to 30 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (“NBA") Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan"). U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced DOOLING today and previously sentenced ANDERSON on Feb. 10, 2023.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: What Are Problematic Plants?. Sometimes plants grow in places where they don't naturally occur and some plants can cause damage to ecosystems and even harm people. Exotic plants are nonnative species that are typically introduced into an ecosystem by human actions, whether intentional or not. Invasive...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: ALIQUIPPA, PA - As the nation today recognizes the selfless and dedicated work of professional caregivers on National Caregivers Day, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that a federal court has entered a default judgment against an Aliquippa home health provider and its owner, after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer denied 23 home health aides overtime wages.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today charges against a former Riverside resident with two counts of hate crimes for allegedly targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they departed religious services outside two Los Angeles synagogues over the past two days.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years’ incarceration and lifetime supervised release on his conviction for four counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on a new regulation in Mexico banning the import of products made with forced labor...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK - Working in the Alaskan fishing industry - an occupation already regarded as one of the nation's most dangerous - employees aboard the F/V Pacific Producer faced dangers purely of their employer's making, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Coast Guard has found.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
Release: New Funding Will Help Tribal Communities Expand Clean Energy Deployment, Lower Energy Costs, and Strengthen Energy Security
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
Release: Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Eliot Kang will travel to Tokyo on February 21-23 to join the G7 Nonproliferation Directors Group meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Carlsbad, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to conduct several prescribed fire operations beginning the week of Feb. 20 through the end of April. The agency plans to conduct burn operations on approximately 3,080 acres in six units southwest of Carlsbad in Eddy County, located north and south of Highway 62, and one unit in western Chaves County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Two individuals were sentenced today to six years in prison for their roles in a cattle-trading Ponzi scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in victim losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Gonzalez Pacheco, also known as “Jose Gonzalez," 48, and Kenneth Demetrius Harris, also known as “Kenneth Vann," 43, both of Silver Spring, Maryland, were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for their roles in an armed robbery on July 16, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $50 million in grants to help 15 community colleges in 14 states expand access to education and training for good-paying jobs and equitably meet employers’ and workers’ skill development needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: A federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan has endorsed an agreed preliminary injunction barring a Detroit-area tax return preparer and her businesses from preparing federal tax returns for others until the date on which trial on whether a permanent injunction is warranted occurs.
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to bolster support for families advocating for the release of their loved ones wrongfully or unlawfully detained abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: La Crosse, WI - Members of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a fugitive Feb. 16 near the 800 block of Cass Street.
