News from January 2023
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: ASSISTANT SECRETARY PYATT: The Inflation Reduction Act, [inaudible], which is our domestic legislation, it is about raising ambition in the United States. It is the most significant climate legislation in American history and the largest investment in clean energy that we have ever made. It positions the United States to meet President Biden’s goal of net zero no later than 2050 and getting halfway to that goal by the end of this decade.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire Report | Jan 25, 2023
With the U.S. Petroleum Reserves moving steadily downward for 70 weeks in a row, many believe it's time to stop selling off the country's oil, especially to our adversaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal jury recently convicted ROBERT LEE HARRISON, JR., 49, of Oklahoma City, of carjacking and other crimes, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Winsted, Connecticut, man pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl over the darknet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Multiple federal and state agencies are collaborating to host a Protecting Houses of Worship event series aimed at helping Maine’s faith-based organizations identify vulnerabilities and strengthen security. The next event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at the University of Maine at Augusta.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the Inyo National Forest want to hear your ideas on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are safe and well maintained on public lands throughout the Eastern Sierra at a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Defendants Also Convicted of Related Felony Charges.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Scott Gammon was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 36 months in prison for participating in a mass mailing scheme that tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes. As part of the sentence, Gammon was also ordered to forfeit $139,611.97.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Raymond Jaquette Howard, 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today to 14 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Ryan Dales, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, with wire fraud, relating to the submission of fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, a Paycheck Protection Program loan, and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan...
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
U.S. Embassy Nairobi, PDS Annual Program Statement - Small Grants Program grant opened on Jan. 25.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 25, 2023
Two Texas men who are members of the La Quarenta gang have been sentenced to prison for running a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Southeast Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Jan. 19, 2023, Chief United States District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced JAMES VAN CLEAVE, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to thirteen (13) months imprisonment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Jan 25, 2023
While a newly created House Committee on China will focus on deterring the rise of their defensive capabilities, Rep. Buddy Carter believes their must also be an emphasis on the impact the country has on the production and entire supply chain of goods purchased in America and called for the pharmaceutical industry to move all production stateside.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: CLEVELAND - DeWayne Taylor, 33, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 13 ½ years in prison today by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker after he pleaded guilty to assaulting federal law enforcement officers, brandishing a firearm, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Earl Marshawn Washington, age 60, and his wife, Zsanett Nagy, age 31, both residents of Honolulu, HI, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, and charging Washington separately with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 25, 2023
Ground has been broken on a new 500-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line connecting Southern California and central Arizona.
