BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Texas AG Directed State Officers to Invade Homes and Seize Property of Latino Candidates and Organizers Despite No Evidence of Voter Fraud * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the recent raids by the Texas attorney gener  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in a letter requesting the United States Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) open an investigation into raids recently conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Office targeting Latino voting rights organizers, candidates for office, and community volunteers to determine whether these raids constitut  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following remarks on Sept. 12, 2024, by Director Rohit Chopra on the Navient Enforcement Action press call: * * * We are closing the book on Navient -- one of the worst offenders in the student loan servicing industry, a company that has harmed millions of borrowers across the country. Today's proposed order will permanently ban Navient from directly servicing federal student loans and deliver $100 million to the borro  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a Cook County Circuit Court judge granted his office's motion for summary judgment, finding 401 North Wabash Venture LLC (Trump International Hotel & Tower, known as Trump Tower) violated both the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and Illinois Pollution Control Board regulations. The decision also grants summary judgment to th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Texas AG Directed State Officers to Invade Homes and Seize Property of Latino Candidates and Organizers Despite No Evidence of Voter Fraud * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into recent raids by the Texas attorney general's office th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Raoul Seeks Remediation of All Contamination Before Theatre Reopens to the Public * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a lawsuit against the Will County Metropolitan Exposition & Auditorium Authority; R. Berti & Son Contractor Inc. (Berti), doing business as R. Berti Building Solutions; and Universal Asbestos Removal Inc. (Universal) over the alleged i  more

ROCKFORD, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A Rockford man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and selling firearms in Rockford. ROGELIO IBARRA, 34, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distribution of cocaine and the unlawful possession of firearms. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston on Tuesday sentenced Ibarra to 76 months in federal   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Lower Fees, Low-Cost Investment Options, New App to Launch Sept. 30 TIAA was awarded long-term contract to manage the plan, the nation's sixth largest direct-sold plan with more than $12 billion in assets (Video files will be uploaded here: https://cms.illinois.gov/agency/media/video/videos.html) * * * Families with a Bright Start College Savings Progr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced the promotions of Keisha Cretsinger to Chief of the Statewide Prosecutions Section and Lindsey Browning to Chief of the Administrative Law Section. "These promotions are well-deserved and bring valuable new leadership to our team," said Attorney General Bird. "With their vast experience, expertise, and determination, our office i  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A jury Wednesday evening convicted a man from Belleville, Illinois of a charge related to his sale of fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022. A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis found Deontae' Tre'Von Overall, 28, guilty of one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Evidence and testimony at  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The Chicago Housing Authority issued the following news release: The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) continues to make steady progress on its Restore Home initiative, fully restoring and leasing several multi-family buildings and single-family homes that were previously vacant due to extensive repair needs. Announced in late 2023, Restore Home is a major capital effort to renovate and rehabilitate vacant buildings in the small and medium-sized apartments portfoli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: New CDC population data (https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/php/data-research/adult-obesity-prevalence-maps.html) from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one in five adults (20%) in each U.S. st  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Today, we are closing the book on Navient one of the worst offenders in the student loan servicing industry, a company that has harmed millions of borrowers across the country. Today's proposed order will permanently ban Navient from directly servicing federal student loans and deliver $100 million to the borrowers they harmed. Shortly after the CFPB opened its doors, we sounded the alarm that s  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Providence man has admitted to a federal judge that he participated in an international fraud scheme to defraud the federally-funded pandemic unemployment compensation program of more than $70,000, and to defraud an Alabama-based property title company of an additional $80,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Obryan Poku, 29, pleaded gui  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4519) on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * In the Matter of FIRSTENERGY CORP., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it approp  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 13 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Sept. 12, 2024: This week, in a letter to Congress, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and 41 attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation authorizing a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. "Algorithmi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Corn production is down, while soybean and cotton production is up from 2023, according to the Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.2 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2  more