News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Rock Port, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling fentanyl to another Atchison County, Mo., man that resulted in his fatal overdose.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and settled a civil fraud lawsuit against HUNTER COLLEGE (“HUNTER") and JEFFREY T. PARSONS-HIETIKKO (“PARSONS"), a former HUNTER psychology professor who served as Director...



News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Nearly $811 million in federal grants, disaster loans, public assistance grants and flood insurance payments have been provided to Puerto Rico and to households affected by Hurricane Fiona to help jumpstart their recovery.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


News Release: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Secretary of State Blinken, Tony, welcome once again to Jerusalem.


Notice published on Jan. 30 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Megan Emily Tate, 28, of Sylva, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf this morning and pleaded guilty to distributing a substance that contained fentanyl which resulted in serious bodily injury, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Four Washington State Men Sentenced for Hate Crime and False Statement Charges After Racially-Motivated Assault

News Release: Four men who assaulted a Black man because of the man’s actual and perceived race at a bar in Lynnwood, Washington, were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.


News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes on Jan. 30

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Assistant Secretary Donfried’s Travel to Italy, Vatican City, and Poland

News Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Karen Donfried will travel to Italy, Vatican City, and Poland January 30 to February 3 to emphasize the United States’ commitment to our European Allies and partners, democracy, and transatlantic security as well as our continued support for Ukraine.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Apply for FEMA Assistance by Feb. 13 for Loss Caused by Hurricane Nicole

News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - Do not wait to apply for federal disaster assistance. The deadline is two weeks away.


Coon Rapids Felon Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Coon Rapids man has been charged in a criminal complaint for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


Following Capito Letter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delays Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing

Following a letter from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and 11 of her colleagues, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is delaying the effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act from January 30, 2023 to March 31, 2023.


Carper, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Call for Stronger Safeguards to Protect Americans from Chemical Accidents

U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), and 45 other congressional colleagues in a letter sent Wednesday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging the agency to strengthen protections for workers, environmental justice communities, and first responders under its proposed Risk Management Program (RMP) rule.