News from February 2023
By Sam Jackson | Feb 25, 2023
Alan Shaw, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern, says the company will "enhance" its remediation plan in response to growing safety concerns by residents of East Palestine, Ohio, promising to work closely with government authorities.
By Tamara Browning | Feb 25, 2023
A Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing serious bodily injury to an infant.
By DOE Newswire Report | Feb 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy announced new investments focusing on advancing offshore wind transmission planning, research, technology and partnerships, to establish U.S. leadership in floating offshore wind development.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 100 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, plus restitution of $150,000 on her conviction of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By EPA Newswire Report | Feb 25, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the awarding of an $81 million loan to California's Yucaipa Valley Water District in California as a part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 11251 County Road J40, Milton, IA, Van Buren County. Significance: Mormon Vanguard Group camped here from March 7 to 19, 1846. Burial sites of Edwin Little, nephew of Brigham Young, and James Tanner, the first recorded deaths on the Mormon Trail. Designation: Certified Site. MANAGED...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on the anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a subcommittee markup on nine pieces of legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $30,262,000 to Puerto Rico from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Puerto Rico communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that William Henderson, Jr., 27, of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to 13 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney also ordered Henderson to spend 4 years on supervised release after his confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentences of New York and Connecticut residents for their involvement in a bank and identity fraud conspiracy. The charged defendants worked together and with others to use stolen identities of actual Regions Bank customers to steal over $125,000 from branches in northwest Florida, southern Alabama, Iowa, and Missouri in December 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a subcommittee markup on nine pieces of legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned an indictment yesterday charging a North Carolina man with masterminding and directing a massive scheme to deceive state insurance regulators and defraud thousands of policyholders and others in connection with insurance companies he controlled.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.“ was published in the House section on page H851 on Feb. 17
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $2.4 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for states, Tribes, and territories through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), including over $28 million for American Samoa, Guam ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2023
News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jason Lee Henderson, age 36, formerly of Wray, Colorado, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering. Henderson was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $400,858.07 in restitution. The court also imposed a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $399,452.
