News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
While Michigan saw overdose fatalities decline in 2018 and 2019, the pandemic forced more people to isolate, made treatment services less accessible and worsened the state’s opioids epidemic, reports the Michigan Opioids Task Force.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
In communities around the country that have historically experienced disinvestment, leading to high rates of poverty and violent crime, young people with arrest or conviction records face difficulties in finding and keeping a good job.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: HOUSTON, Texas The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that its security screening officers at the two major airports in East Texas Area detected 423 firearms in travelers carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property at the security checkpoint. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542 firearms at 262 different airports.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Justin Santiago, an 18-year-old Reading man.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: MILWAUKEE Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 21 handguns at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport security checkpoints in 2022, a decrease from the 23 guns caught in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 30-year-old Orlando, Florida, man has admitted to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the United States of COVID related disaster loan proceeds, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Bishop Paiute Tribe under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the tribe seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on July 12, 2022, that led to a worker's death.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
Less than four months after citing a Trenton roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is once again holding the employer responsible for putting its workers' safety at risk.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Republican Steering Committee approved Chairwoman Kay Granger’s slate of subcommittee chairs for the 118th Congress. In addition, Granger announced that Rep. Tom Cole (OK) will serve as the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee during the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
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By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Hawaii for more than $600,000 to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
Actions from federal and state agencies are needed to address the continuing problem of impaired driving, including from alcohol, cannabis and multiple drug use the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report released today.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
Two crews not maintaining proper lookouts led to the collision between a yacht and a tank vessel near Nassau, Bahamas, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with West Virginia for more than $1.2 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
In a keynote speech to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy reminded transportation leaders why they do what they do.“We’re fighting for the 43,000 people who die on our roads annually…and the millions more who are injured — not just drivers, but all road users," Homendy said. “No matter their race, ethnicity, ability, income, or where they live.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jan 17, 2023
A U.S. Trustee with the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an objection to Sullivan & Cromwell working as lead counsel for FTX in bankruptcy proceedings. Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, wrote in a Substack post that he sees Sullivan & Cromwell's current work for FTX as a potential conflict of interest, given the law firm's previous work for FTX. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently expressed the same concern.
By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2023
To create new opportunities for those experiencing poverty, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to help improve transit in areas experiencing long-term economic distress.
