JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force has begun the pilot phase of its Smart Start Breakfast Program at seven Air Force Inn locations. "Recognizing the importance of a wholesome start to the day, this program seeks to offer a range of breakfast choices, including grab-n-go options, to improve the overall customer experience and align with industry standards," said Aisha Car  more

OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ), and a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, alleging unlawful conduct that has hampered competition in the ticketing and promotions of live music concerts. Live Nation's strong domination over ticketi  more

OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in an amicus brief defending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is a piece of landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum e  more

OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: On behalf of California and leading a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. Thes  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 25 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: A federal district judge imposed a 210-month term of imprisonment to an individual who admitted to driving a car intended to distract law enforcement from another car trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine. At a joint plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jose V. Sanchez, 28, of Lindsay, California, pleaded guilty to one count of c  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees. The EEOC rule would require employe  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the Illinois General Assembly's passage of legislation that would protect workers from retaliatory conduct by employers, strengthen current protections under state law and codify the authority of Raoul's Workplace Rights Bureau to investigate and hold employers who retaliate or threaten to retaliate accountable. "Workers who want to assert their basic wor  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on May 23, 2024, involving Chicago State University. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Compliance Examination of Chicago State University (University) for the year ended June 30, 2023. A separate digest covering the University's financial audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, was previously released on February 22, 2024. In addition, a separate dige  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on May 23, 2024, involving Illinois Department of Transportation. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers our compliance examination of the Department of Transportation (Department) for the two years ended June 30, 2022. A separate Financial Audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2022 was previously released on April 13, 2023. In total, this report contains 6 findin  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on May 23, 2024, involving Illinois Grain Insurance Corp.. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION The Illinois Grain Insurance Corporation (Corporation) was created to make investments with funds assessed and collected by the Department of Agriculture (Department) and to transfer funds to the Department's Grain Indemnity Trust Fund when the Director of the Department determines it necessa  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on May 23, 2024, involving Illinois Grain Insurance Corp.. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION The Illinois Grain Insurance Corporation (Corporation) was created to make investments with funds assessed and collected by the Department of Agriculture (Department) and to transfer funds to the Department's Grain Indemnity Trust Fund when the Director of the Department determines it necessary in o  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on May 23, 2024, involving Northeastern Illinois University. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Northeastern Illinois University (University) Compliance Examination for the year ended June 30, 2023. Separate digests covering the University's Financial Audit and Single Audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023 were previously released on March 28, 2024. In  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 24 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on May 23, 2024, involving State Universities Retirement System. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers our compliance examination of the State Universities Retirement System (System) for the two years ended June 30, 2023. A separate digest covering the Systems' Financial Audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, was previously released on February 29, 2024. In   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news on May 24, 2024: State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, and state Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, D-Bridgeview, passed legislation Friday to prohibit AI-based discrimination in employment, ensuring Illinois companies remain transparent in hiring practices. "With its growing use throughout the economy, AI could easily circumvent well-meaning and effective anti-discrimination measures," Andrade said. "The House and I   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news: Working to help people engage with government and access critical services in their preferred language, state Rep. Dagmara "Dee" Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, passed legislation through the House expanding language offerings in state offices. "Illinois faces a critical opportunity which can change lives for residents statewide -- providing accessible resources for a significant community of people who don't use E  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news: Responding to a report of a funeral home mishandling remains, state Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, led passage of a plan to institute new safeguards and stricter chain of custody and identification requirements for funeral homes and crematoriums. "This proposal comes in the wake of a heartbreaking situation in downstate Carlinville, where it appears a funeral home mishandled remains, lied to families and even   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news: State Rep. Angie Guerrero-Cuellar, D-Chicago, is expanding career opportunities for mental health professionals by passing legislation eliminating non-compete agreements for those who serve veterans and first responders. Guerrero-Cuellar championed Senate Bill 2737 which prohibits non-compete and non-solicitation agreements for mental health services that support veterans and first responders. Current agre  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news on May 24, 2024: State Representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) is proud to announce the passage of groundbreaking legislation aimed at easing the financial burden on disabled Veterans who need to modify their homes to accommodate their disabilities. Senate Bill 2751, which Kifowit sponsored, received unanimous support in the House, where it passed on Wednesday, May 15. The bill passed the Senate in April  more

EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news: State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, is announcing a donation of feminine hygiene products by Kimberly-Clark in partnership with the National Foundation of Women Legislators (NFWL), which will help local women in need. "Period poverty is an all too common, and preventable, phenomenon that occurs when a menstruating person doesn't have sufficient access to hygiene supplies," Stuart said. "This can lead  more

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: A federal district judge imposed a 210-month term of imprisonment to an individual who admitted to driving a car intended to distract law enforcement from another car trafficking 40 pounds of meth. At a joint plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jose V. Sanchez, 28, of Lindsay, California, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to di  more

DECATUR, Illinois, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued the following news release: * * * Federal investigation found Black applicants not hired based on race * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Caterpillar Inc. to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination against 60 Black applicants at one of the heavy equipment manufacturer's production facilities in Decatur, Illinois. To resolve the  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in National Automobile Dealers Association et al. v. FTC, supporting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) defense of its new Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Trade Regulation Rule. The rule addresses several persistent unfair and deceptive practices in t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant and postpartum employees.   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities in filing a motion yesterday to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. These vehicles include freight trucks, delivery trucks, b  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 27 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief supporting Idaho's anti-patent troll law. Patent trolls are businesses that largely exist to bring patent infringement lawsuits. The Attorneys General argue that laws against patent trolls are essential to protecting innovation. At least 32 states have laws t  more

NEW YORK, May 25 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on May 24, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson today led a coalition of 40 Cities for Action (C4A) mayors and county executives in calling for over 2 million work authorizations for both recent arrivals and longstanding undocumented immigrants, in the absence of long-awaited comprehensive reform by Congress. The bipartisan letter to the Biden-Harris administration can be viewed online  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57127) involving Bard Brachytherapy, Carol Stream, Illinois: * * * Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency Licensee: Bard Brachytherapy Region: 3 City: Carol Stream State: IL License #: IL-02062-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 05/14/2024 Notification Time: 12:05 [ET] Event Date: 05/13/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT] Last Upd  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions t  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 25 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a coalition of 23 Attorneys General defending a final rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees for a broad range of conditi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A DuPage County, Illinois, man, Samuel J. Cundari, 30, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure another person in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 875(c). The complaint alleges that on March 17, 2024, the Illinois State Police were contacted by two Illinois State Representatives about a threat   more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Rory Divaughn Spells, 36, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to eleven years and seven months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and a quantity of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 28  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 24 -- The office of the Washington State Auditor issued the following fraud investigation report (No. 1034565) on May 23, 2024, involving the Department of Revenue: * * * To: Director Drew Shirk, Department of Revenue, Olympia, Washington Report on Fraud Investigation Attached is the official report on a misappropriation at the Department of Revenue. On September 26, 2023, the Department notified the Office of the Washington State Auditor of a potential loss of publi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Labor uses debt collection to force compliance * * * Joshua Herion, a Waukegan roofing contractor who has routinely endangered employees by ignoring federal workplace standards and penalties assesses for its violations since 2014, has paid $365,576 in fines and interest, after the U.S. Department of Labor moved to seize the employer's assets as part of  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The White House sent to the Senate on May 23, 2024, the nominations of seven individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Bethany Pickett Shah, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2025, vice John B. Nalbandian, resigned. * Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, of Ohio, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2024, vice Georgette  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 25 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and post-partum employees. The EEOC rule  more