MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Nov. 9, 2023, by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Kades at the 2023 Food and Agribusiness National Conference: * * * Roughly a year ago, I gave a speech at the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association's Fall Forum about competition in agriculture. You might say that speech was a signed check. A year later, it is worth seeing if the Antitrust Division has made a down payment on th  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 10 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: State Senator Cristina Castro is spearheading a measure to establish a clearly defined and uniform number of appeal days so that all Cook County taxpayers can rely on sufficient time to file, define, argue and support their property assessment appeals. "Tax-paying homeowners should be able to count on their local government for consistency and be able to voice their concerns when their property assessmen  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 10 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: After months of negotiations, State Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr. passed a measure to enhance oversight over the pawnbroker industry. "Working with consumer advocates and other interested stakeholders, we passed a comprehensive plan to ensure transparency and ethical practices within the pawnbroker industry," said Sims (D-Chicago). "The Predatory Loan Prevention Act stopped many forms of predatory lending   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 10 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: In response to a Carlinville funeral home's insufficient handling of human remains, State Senator Doris Turner introduced legislation that would put procedures and protocols in place to protect families who have lost a loved one. "When we lose a loved one, we expect a funeral home to respect the remains of our friends and family," said Turner (D-Springfield). "We are talking about a person who has loved   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Lulu Restaurant Group, a Maryland Heights, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 621 pounds of fully-cooked chicken product due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains sesame oil, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following news release: U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander, U.S. European Command, co-hosted the two-day Northern Europe Chiefs of Defense Conference alongside Gen. Onno Eichelsheim, Netherlands Chief of Defence. The annual strategic gathering was held at the Royal Netherlands Army Headquarters in Utrecht, Netherlands, from Nov. 8-9, 2023. The event drew nearly 80 senior military leaders from Denmark,  more

BELVIDERE, Illinois, Nov. 10 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Nov. 9, 2023, about delivering for working families and creating good-paying union jobs at a United Auto Workers event: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, UAW! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello, hello. Something you don't know: My state of Delaware -- a little state -- because we've got a small population, had the highest percentage of UAW workers in the United States of America. We had the largest GM plant. We had the lar  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 -- New York Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of making virtual gun violence prevention-related announcement on Nov. 9, 2023: * * * Mayor Eric Adams: Thank you, Noah. We are rightly horrified by the massacre of innocent civilians around the world. Images that sear into our conscious and break our hearts with their brutality, where at home gun violence claims tens of thousands of innocent lives as well, whether it is the daily gun violence that steals too many y  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Nov. 9, 2023, with Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton while en route to Belvidere, Illinois: * * * MS. DALTON: Good af- -- good afternoon, everyone. As you know, we are en route to Belvidere, Illinois, where the President will mark the reopening of the Belvidere Assembly Plant, a plant that Stellantis closed indefinitely in March of 2023. Under President Biden, the plant is reopening, brin  more