News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


News Release: DETROIT, MI - In his first two years as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led landmark bipartisan efforts to help ensure the federal government is better prepared to protect and serve communities in Michigan and across the country.


Lock+TM discussed on Jan. 19 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ملحوظة: هذا البيان الصحفي مترجم إلى لغات مختلفة. انظر المرفقات الواردة أدناه.


News Release: FBI Portland Division Offering $25,000 Reward for Information in Several Arson Investigations.


EPA takes Action at Environmental Landfill Inc in Moody, Ala.

News Release: MOODY, Ala. (Jan. 19, 2023) - The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has formally requested the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lead the response in extinguishing the ongoing fire at the Environment Landfill Inc. in Moody, Ala., after receiving results from air monitoring and sampling.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to California by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for emergency work undertaken as a result of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides, beginning on Dec. 27, 2022 and continuing.


Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Tolleson, Arizona, man pleaded guilty today to production of child sexual abuse material.



Waste Treatment Plant Prepares to Receive Sodium Hydroxide

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews recently performed a second run using water to test for receiving sodium hydroxide at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Effluent Management Facility (EMF) on the Hanford Site.


El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. lanza la aplicación de “Miner Safety and Health” en español para expandir el acceso a información útil

News Release: WASHINGTON - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos anunció hoy que su aplicación Miner Safety and Health para iOS y Android que proporciona información oportuna directamente a los mineros ahora está disponible en español.


Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Trafficking in Indiana

News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Christopher Hale, 42, of Ellenwood, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.


Four Sentenced in Gem and Gold Corner Jewelry Store Armed Robbery

News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Tashawn T.A. Warner, 25, Shemar Webster, 23, and Jamari Benjamin, 25, all of St. Thomas, were sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Juan R. Sánchez to terms of imprisonment ranging from 135 to 36 months for their roles...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Machineguns

News Release: CONCORD - Kyle Morris, 23, of Salem, pleaded guilty in federal court today to the unlawful possession of machineguns, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


The US Homeland Security Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Crawford County Couple Sentenced to Prison for Committing Identity Theft, Bank Fraud

News Release: BENTON, Ill. - An Oblong man and a Robinson woman were sentenced to prison in a U.S. District Court this week after admitting to breaking into vehicles, stealing checks and IDs and committing identity theft in order to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars from banks.


McMorris Rodgers: 'President Biden is draining our nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserves at an alarming rate'

The sponsor of a bill that would ban U.S. crude oil sales to China, which the House advanced last week in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, blamed President Joe Biden in a statement for the nation's ongoing energy and inflation crisis.


Federal court orders Minneapolis healthcare provider to pay $1.6M in back wages, damages to 136 employees, after US Department of Labor investigation

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a Minneapolis private in-home care provider to pay $1.6 million in back wages and damages, as part of the department’s effort to recover unpaid overtime wages for 136 healthcare workers in the Twin-Cities area.