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News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Sunday October 13, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: Treasury Guarantees $498 Million in Bond Funding for Projects in Low-Income Communities, Marking Largest Bond Issuance in Program History
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund issued the following news: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced an agreement to issue three guarantees worth $498 million under the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, the largest issuance in the program's history. The CDFI Bond Guarantee program provides long-term, fixed-rate capital for projects in low-income urban, r  more

EPA: What They Are Saying
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Broad range of leaders and advocates voice support for Biden-Harris Administration final rule to replace lead pipes within 10 Years * * * On October 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require more rigorous tes  more

SEC Charges Cumberland DRW for Operating as Unregistered Dealer in Crypto Asset Markets
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Chicago-based Cumberland DRW LLC with operating as an unregistered dealer in more than $2 billion of crypto assets offered and sold as securities, in violation of the registration requirements of the federal securities laws that are designed to protect investors. According to the SEC's complaint, since at least March 2018 through  more