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News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Monday October 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Hawaii A.G. Lopez: Major Drug Testing Laboratory Agrees to Pay $27 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Testing, Illegal Kickbacks
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today that the state of Hawaii has joined the United States, the District of Columbia, and 43 other states in settling allegations against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. ("Precision"). The settlement resolves allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to the Medicaid prog  more

Ill. Gov. Pritzker To Lead Trade Mission to Japan
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 6 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: Governor Pritzker along with leaders in business, education, and government from around the state will embark on a trade mission to Japan. During the course of the visit, the delegation will meet with their counterparts in Tokyo to discuss strengthening economic cooperation between the State of Illinois and Japan. Programming throughout the mission will focus on... clean energy, man  more

Rebuilding Illinois: Gov. Pritzker Announces $96 Million Bridge Milestone Reached on I-80 in Will County
JOLIET, Illinois, Oct. 6 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: * * * New Disadvantaged Business Enterprise resource center opens contracting opportunities for diverse businesses * * * Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) were joined by local officials and community leaders today to celebrate the completion of several key bridges in the $1.3 billion reconstruction and modernization of Interstate 80, a cornerstone p  more