News from January 2023
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WI - Five years after leaving their Guatemalan and Mexican homes for jobs promised by owners of two Wisconsin forestry companies and discovering they would not receive the wages, benefits and types of jobs described in their contracts, 263 workers will finally receive $1.1 million in unpaid wages after extensive federal investigations.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: DETROIT Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 100 handguns at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in 2022, an increase over the 94 detected in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kameron I. Ziegler, 23, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 18, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at four National Priority List (NPL) Superfund sites in Connecticut this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued a report titled “HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens, " which is commonly referred to as “gain-of-function" research.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: Today, the Department of State released the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on electric vehicle battery value chains signed by the United States on Dec. 13, 2022, during the Africa Leaders Summit. Through this MOU, the United States will support the commitment between the Democratic Republic...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Mental health is an important part of your well-being. Mental health includes your emotional, social, and psychological wellness. It helps determine how you handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. According to research, optimism is linked to better physical and mental health outcomes. It can also promote a sense of well-being during difficult times.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: By HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
“PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR“ was published in the Senate section on page S12083 on Dec. 8, 2004
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a notice of proposed rulemaking by its Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs to revise regulations governing the standards related to self-insurance by coal mine operators.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: The United States announced today that we will work with Congress to program an additional $125 million in funding to support Ukraine’s energy and electricity grid against Russia’s continued attacks on utilities and other civilian infrastructure. This funding would come from the recently passed Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: CHEYENNE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced an Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) settlement with Dyno Nobel, Inc., resolving alleged violations at the company’s ammonium nitrate production facility in Cheyenne, Wyo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Julius Armstrong, 20, Adairius Armstrong, 20, Barium Martin, 20, and Malik McCoy, 19, have received significant federal prison sentences after being convicted of carjacking, assaulting a federal officer, and using a weapon during those crimes. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentences today.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
“BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT“ was published in the House section on page H13186 on Dec. 22, 2005
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: The United States announced today that we will work with Congress to program an additional $125 million in funding to support Ukraine’s energy and electricity grid against Russia’s continued attacks on utilities and other civilian infrastructure. This funding would come from the recently passed Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President M. Elizabeth Magill to provide information about anonymous Chinese donations to UPenn and the Penn Biden Center. Given the Biden family’s financial...
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Türkiye on the occasion of the U.S.- Türkiye Strategic Mechanism.
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court against the operator of a Firestone franchise restaurant who allegedly fired two workers whom the employer believed complained to the department’s Wage and Hour Division about the employer’s pay practice and participated in the investigation that followed.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
“Highlights + Senate“ was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1128-D1130 on Dec. 8, 2004
