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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Thursday May 16, 2024 ( 6 items )  

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - April 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.0 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in Ap  more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Area - April 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 2.8 percent over the past two months, up 3.5 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 2.8 percent f  more

Comptroller of Currency: Agencies Announce Public Meeting on Proposed Acquisition by Capital One of Discover
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency posted the following joint news release on May 14, 2024, with the Federal Reserve Board: * * * Public Comment Period Extended * * * The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced a joint public meeting on the proposal by Capital One Financial Corporation, of McLean, Virginia, to acquire Discover Financial Services, of Riverwoods, Illinois. The proposal in  more

SEC Issues No-Action Letter Regarding Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen N.Y. AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following no-action letter on May 14, 2024: * * * To: Kevin T. Hardy, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 155 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606-1720 Re: Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund and Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality, Municipal Income Fund Omission of Shareholder Proposal Submitted by Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management, Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 Under the Securities  more

U.S. Air Force Units of Action: Air Task Forces Defined, First Locations Announced
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 16 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force identified six locations May 15, to host experimental Air Task Forces that will test new methods to generate more efficient, integrated deployable Units of Action. As part of a pilot program, the following installations are expected to receive an ATF command echelon this summer, pending the successful completion of the National Environmental Policy Act process. This is a step toward for  more

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri: Former Williamson County State's Attorney Sentenced
BENTON, Illinois, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Former Williamson County State's Attorney Brandon Zanotti was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation, a $5,000 fine and 20 hours of community service for a scheme to sell seven commercial rental properties by falsifying loan and other bank documents. The suspension of Zanotti's law license is pending before the Illinois Attorney Registration  more