WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: ACL's Administration on Aging collaborated with its Administration on Disabilities to provide a $202,000 funding supplement from the Older Americans Act to the Bridging Aging and Disability Networks grant. This grant has been awarded to the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, which is partnering with the Institute on Disability and Hu  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - September 2024": * * * Area prices were unchanged in September, up 2.5 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release: * * * Privacy & Data Protection Task Force Leading Agency's Coordination Efforts for Consumer Data & Cybersecurity Protections * * * The FCC's Privacy and Data Protection Task Force today announced additional partnerships between the agency's Enforcement Bureau and state partners on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity enforcement matters. These formal relationships allow federal and state   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Multiple Tax Deadlines Postponed to Feb. 3, 2025 * * * CHICAGO -- Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue announced disaster tax relief for individuals and businesses in parts of Illinois affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding that began on July 13, 2024. "As communities across Illinois recover from July's severe storms, my administra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Braidwood%20-%20Illinois%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%2010-21%20-%20PDFA.pdf?language_id=1) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to act to protect a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for milli  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS. On three occasions in 2019, JASON BROWN provided $500 in cash to an individual with the understanding that the money would be wired to an ISIS s  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, alongside 50 bipartisan state attorneys general on the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, has sent a letter (PDF) (https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.azag.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2024-10%2FState%2520AG%2520Task%2520Force%2520NOTICE%2520Letter%2520to%2520IDENTIDAD%2520%2528Oct%25202024%2529.pdf/1/01010  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2024: * * * The Coalition of Attorneys General Oppose a Challenge to the HUD Discriminatory Effects Rule * * * Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a coalition of 19 state Attorneys General defending the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule which ensures homeowners of all classes and ethnicities have equitable access to insurance  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: * * * Theme for Conference is: "Mission Possible: Moving from Talk to Action in Advancing Health Equity" * * * CHICAGO - The Administration of Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today kick off a three-day Minority Health Conference in Naperville. The conference takes place as IDPH is working to implement the Healthy Illinois 2028 State Heal  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: By TRICARE Communications It's almost time for TRICARE Open Season, which begins Nov. 11. That means it's also time to check your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System and make sure it's current. You should do this as soon as possible. There will be limitations for beneficiaries from Oct. 25 to Dec. 31. The first impact will be Oct. 25-27, when there will be a global enrollment fre  more