News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Stephen Jerome Brinson, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to just under twenty years (239 months) in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to multiple counts of distribution of fentanyl, offenses committed while Brinson was under federal supervision after his release from federal prison for his 2005 federal narcotics conviction. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Did you know that some parks are pet-friendly? Some national parks even welcome pets on trails. What could be better than visiting your favorite place with your favorite friend? But not all parks are the same - always check with your park before you visit to learn where you are allowed to hike with your pet.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Nowadays, at the click of a button, we can get anything mailed to our homes easily and quickly. In 1860, the equivalent of modern fast shipping was sending mail via the Pony Express, which could travel cross country in 10 days. Learn more about this iconic 19th century route of communication and how the National Pony Express Association re-enacts the history every year.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a Fredericksburg, Va., man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight early this morning (Feb. 3). The.25 caliber gun was loaded with seven bullets.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management has analyzed a proposed bentonite mining expansion project in Big Horn County, two miles north of Lovell. The BLM Cody Field Office will accept comments on the environmental assessment through March 3, 2023.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 3, 2023
Michael Novogratz, CEO of crypto investment firm Galaxy, predicted in a YouTube video that members of Congress will grill Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), over perceived failures of the agency to take actions that might have prevented crypto companies such as the now-bankrupt exchange FTX from misusing customer funds. Novogratz noted that he sees some Republican members of Congress as very pro-crypto, including Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06). Novogratz said he thinks large donations from the now-disgraced founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried have made Democrat lawmakers more hesitant to endorse the crypto industry, although Bankman-Fried donated to both sides of the aisle.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics, firearms, and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tyler Collins, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to assaulting a federal officer and causing a bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today launched the committee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 for the 118th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Nine Texas individuals were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: LANSDOWNE, PA - Nearly 400 home healthcare workers, employed in an industry rife with overtime violations, will receive the wages they are owed after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia-area agency and its owners to pay them more than $2.3 million. A federal investigation found the employer willfully shortchanged employees’ hard-earned overtime wages.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah-To decrease the risk of future wildfires and protect cultural and natural resources, fire managers with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District plan to burn slash debris piles located in the Mt. Trumbull area. The treatments located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona will take place along the BLM 1768 Road, south of County Road 5 and Potato Valley. Burning may occur over multiple days between February through March 2023.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2023 Today, at the USDA Conversation on Healthy School Meals Roundtable, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced major initiatives at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will support and enhance the health of America's children through nutritious school meals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officers. WASHINGTON - A Vermont man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting several law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its (October 1 - December 31). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Three construction contractors might have prevented the death of a 31-year-old laborer who suffered fatal injuries after falling while installing roof trusses at a Tallahassee work site on Aug. 17, 2022, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
