News from February 2023
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Release: Employers: Gentle Shepherd Care LLC. 8604 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 144. Charlotte, NC 28269. At Home Personal Care Services Inc. 1700 E. Arlington Blvd. Suite A. Greenville, NC 27585. Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Gentle Shepherd ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $52,638,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Alabama. This investment, which is ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children National Workforce Strategy Development grant opened on Feb. 16.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASEE, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $52,638,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Florida. This investment, which is ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced a Notice of Sale to meet its obligation to Congress to sell 26 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in Fiscal Year 2023. This sale will fulfill the congressional mandate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Grapeland, Texas man, and his girlfriend, have been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing titled “President Biden's Border Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: A Virgin Islands man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Supporting Efforts to Advance Accountability and Justice in Yemen. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009426. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Calloway County Middle School won the DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl on Friday, an event recognized as the region’s most notable science competition for middle school students.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Michael S. Flynn was sentenced on Feb. 10 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to fifteen months’ imprisonment and restitution of $1,062,155 for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the seventh sentencing arising out of the investigation into the insulation contracting industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury in Maryland today returned an indictment charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, age 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, age, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. The defendants have been detained since their arrest on Feb. 3, 2023, on related charges.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: The Needles, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. Discover stunning views of the sandstone spires that characterize the Needles. * Roundtrip Distance: 5.8 mi (9.3 km). * Time: 3-4 hrs. * Overall Elevation Change: 533 ft (162 m). Cumulative elevation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: SRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I want to congratulate the people of Serbia as you celebrate your Statehood Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Massachusetts man who engaged in a series of online communications, often of a sexual nature, with someone whom he believed to be a 12-year-old girl, and then traveled to Rhode Island with the intent of having sex with the girl and sexual contact with her younger sister, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.--At a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of Danny Werfel to be the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) secured commitments from Mr. Werfel to be transparent and accountable to hardworking American taxpayers, if...
