News from February 2023
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant opened on Feb. 17.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Midland, TX - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX) delivered the following opening remarks today at the Energy Subcommittee Field Hearing in Midland, Texas, on “American Energy Expansion: Improving Local Economies and Communities’ Way of Life."
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WHY THIS NOTICE: The United States Department of Energy (USDOE) intends to transfer a portion of the Middlesex Sampling Plant (MSP) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Site at 239 Mountain Avenue in Middlesex, New Jersey, to the Borough of Middlesex. This notice is to make the public...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Kennewick, WA. MANAGED BY: East Benton County Historical Society Museum. Amenities. 1 listed. Parking - Auto. Built in 1922, the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge in southeastern Washington began as a symbol of unity and progress. As car ownership rose, Eastern and Western Washington wanted...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a four page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
Release: Senior officials of the United States (U.S.) and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) convened a meeting of the Working Group on Iran at the GCC’s headquarters in Riyadh on Feb. 15, 2023. The Working Group affirmed the longstanding partnership between the United States and the members of the GCC and our shared determination to contribute to regional security and stability under the framework of the GCC-U.S. Strategic Partnership.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $6 million in funding for six university-led research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska, to address the discriminatory use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities. The settlement, which resolves the department’s investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), will protect students with disabilities by eliminating seclusion and prohibiting discriminatory restraints.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has hired Olivia Late to serve as a press assistant. Late served as an intern in McCaul’s personal office in 2021 before going on to serve as McCaul’s campaign manager in 2022. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - After three days of trial, a federal jury convicted Mark Bolling, 55, of Charleston, today of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and illegal possession of a firearm silencer.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
WPS Technical Support (WPS TechS) grant opened on Feb. 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A third member of an Atlanta-based conspiracy that bilked unsuspecting seniors in Rhode Island and several other states out of more than $3.2 million was convicted today in federal court in Rhode Island after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Nicole Elsholtz, 35, Merrill, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Elsholtz pleaded guilty to this charge on March 14, 2022.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: The United States condemns the Government of Nicaragua decision to strip nationality from 94 of its citizens and its citizenship revocation from the 222 political prisoners released last week. These acts are inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has a right to a nationality. It marks another step backward for the Nicaraguan people and a further step toward solidifying an autocratic regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans announced today that JAMES “Jay" SINYARD and MARY “Gigi" SINYARD (“the SINYARDs"), residents of Brandon, Mississippi, were charged on Feb. 14, 2023 with one count of wire fraud.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (Feb. 16, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Oregon. This investment, which is allocated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that two defendants received prison sentences for conspiring to bring methamphetamine into an Alabama prison. On Feb. 1, 2023, a judge sentenced Lamar Graves, Jr., 42, from Attala, Alabama, to 168 months in prison, followed...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program grant opened on Feb. 17.
