CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 16 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: To give downtown Chicago business owners a concrete path to address the needs of their communities and generate revenue that can be used to revitalize business corridors across the city, State Senator Sara Feigenholtz advanced legislation that would allow for the creation of Business Improvement Districts. "After three years of work, we are giving Magnificent Mile business owners the freedom to chart th  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) is rebranding its successful STEM Forward program to "STEAM Ahead" by incorporating new internship roles that live at the intersection of arts and science, technology, engineering and math careers such as front-end web developers and industrial designers. At the same time, the MEDC announced today it is offering new incentives through the STEA  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The Library of Michigan is partnering with Western Michigan University to launch a publicly available website called Wonder Media (https://www.wondermedialibrary.com/) to build media and news literacy. In the context of the website, media literacy is the ability to understand how and why people use different forms of media and how messages are perceived by others. News literacy is the ability  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will host the 2024 MI Healthy Climate Conference May 16-17 in Lansing. More than 600 attendees, representing local, state, federal, and tribal governments; universities; nonprofits; community groups; businesses; and more are expected to attend. EGLE is hosting the two-day confere  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today by the federal court in St. George following the arrest of a husband and wife in Utah County after a federal grand jury returned an indictment on April 9, 2024. The indictment charges the duo with financial crimes after they allegedly ran a gun and ammunition business and defrauded customers and financial firms of over $600,  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Today, Charles Clinton Cordle, 65, of Ashland, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and Josie Irene Copley, 58, of Flatwoods, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl. Both admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking organization  more