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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Tuesday June 11, 2024 ( 3 items )  

EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Alliance for the Great Lakes to receive $5,597,824 to fund projects advancing environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities in the Chicago River region of Chicago, and Calumet regions of northwest Indiana. Through EPA's newly created Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program, made possible by Presiden  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Highlights $800,000 for Clean School Buses in Ann Arbor, Michigan
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: * * * Ann Arbor students will breathe cleaner air thanks to four new electric buses * * * Today, the White House and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, as recipient of rebates from EPA's Clean School Bus program. The school district will receive up to $800,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help purc  more

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Issues Order on Capital One 360 Savings Account Interest Fee Litigation
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3111): * * * In Re: Capital One 360 Savings Account Interest Fee Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Defendants Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Financial Corporation (together, Capital One) move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. The litigation consists of six actions pending in five districts, as listed on Schedule A. S  more