News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Labor Department discusses Annual Reporting and Disclosure on Feb. 24

The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: AKRON - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Zaveeyon Teasley, age 20, whose last known address was in Cleveland, Ohio, with stealing 30 firearms from a licensed firearms dealer in Akron.


Honduran National Indicted for Illegal Re-Entry

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CHRISTIAN PENA-OCHOA, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, was charged on Feb. 24, 2023, in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).


Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Wyoming

News Release: CHEYENNE – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11,390,000 to the state of Wyoming from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Wyoming communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, ...


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turbofan Engines on Feb. 24

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Reserve Board announces four new members of its Community Advisory Council

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced four new members of its Community Advisory Council (CAC).


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $31.4M for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Iowa

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 24, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $31,402,000 to Iowa from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).


Hovenweep National Monument Celebrates Centennial Year

News Release: "Here sleeps a youthful hero, With the honor of a soldier brave, Who gave up home, and friends, and life itself, Our country still to save.". Poplar Grove National Cemetery. The Virginia dogwoods were in blossom in the spring of 1865 when the Civil War, America’s greatest tragedy, finally came to an...


Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Springdale man was sentenced today to 212 months in prison without the possibility of parole followed by 25 years of supervised release on two counts of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.


News Release: WASHINGTON - James Bradley, 44, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for embezzling funds from a government employee union. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office’s...


News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the cooperation between West Virginia and Form Energy Inc., to site Form Energy’s first iron-air battery manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia. The manufacturing plant, utilizing incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will support 750 full-time jobs and help to bring new opportunity to West Virginia.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Employee Charged with Sexual Abuse

News Release: Kelvin Powell Arrested. WASHINGTON - Kelvin Powell, 61, an employee of the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, is charged by indictment, unsealed today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with sexual abuse of and abusive sexual contact with a minor in his care.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Kenneth Desaun Hayway, 38, and Hannah Elizabeth Barbee, 30, both of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.


Release: As members, friends, and observers of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), we condemn without reservation Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its destruction of civilian objects, infrastructure, and cultural and sacred heritage sites.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Permitting Reform is the Best Way to Secure a Strong Domestic Chips Industry

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement renewing calls for permitting reform in order to unleash American innovation and chips.


Convicted Felon Sentenced to More than Five Years in Federal Prison for Selling a Firearm

News Release: OCALA, Fla. - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Troy Nix (30, Mount Dora) to five years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Nix had pleaded guilty on Sept. 21, 2022.


Meth Dealer with Firearm Sent Back to Prison for 16 Years

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Lebanon man on Tuesday to more than 16 years in federal prison for his involvement in distributing methamphetamine in St. Clair County.


Agencies issue 2022 Shared National Credit Program review

News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today reported in the 2022 Shared National Credit (SNC) report that credit quality associated with large syndicated bank loans improved in 2022, but noted the results do not fully reflect increasing interest rates and softening economic conditions that began to impact borrowers in the second half of 2022.