CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a loaded handgun in Chicago. ERIC BROWN possessed the drugs and gun on Oct. 19, 2021, near the intersection of North St. Louis Avenue and West Iowa Street in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. Brown carried a satchel that contained the handgun and 400 pil  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on the Refrigerator Freedom Act (H.R. 7637), which was introduced by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act (H.R. 7700) by Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, and four cosponsors: * * * The Administration is advancing commonsense appliance energy efficiency standards that lower costs for American families and businesses a  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to clean up legacy pollution and revitalize the environment and economy of coal communities, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has awarded $400,000 in cooperative agreements for four watershed restoration projects in Iowa. The funds, part of OSMRE's Watersh  more