WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following written testimony by Rob Howell, senior vice president and chief supply chain officer at Academy Sports + Outdoors, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Good morning. Thank you Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, Chairman Young, Ra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 17 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES 2024 PUBLIC ACCESS REPORT DURING SUNSHINE WEEK Chicago - In recognition of Sunshine Week, Attorney General Kwame Raoul released the Public Access Counselor Annual Report with details of a sampling of over 4,200 new matters received in 2024, as well as other matters the Public Access Counselor (PAC) addressed last year. The PAC works to increase transpar  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice, National Coerced Debt Working Group and National Consumer Law Center. Here are excerpts: * * * Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Regulation V); Identity Theft and Coerced Debt Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding Docket No. CFPB-2024-0057 by the Na  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 17, 2025 NAVY Applied Technology Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2419-N0017325F2415); Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC,* Laurel, Maryland (N0017325D2420-N0017325F2416); Envisioneering Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia (N0017325D2421-N0017325F2417); Future Technologies Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2422-N0017325F2418); Intecon LLC,* Fredericksburg, Virginia (N0017325D2423- N00  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Colleagues To Raise Concerns About How Great Lakes Will Be Impacted By NOAA Firings March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with six of their colleagues, in pressing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for more information about the termination of probationary staff and the  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Schiff, Senate Democrats In Demanding USDA Reverse $1 Billion In Canceled Local Food Purchases For Schools, Farmers March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with 29 Senators, sent a letter demanding a reversal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) c  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Padilla, Booker, Welch Statement On Trump Invoking The Alien Enemies Act To Target Immigrants Without Due Process March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement after President Trump inv  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Illinois Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by the Orion Parkview Apartment Fire Deadline to apply for economic injury loans approaching ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Illinois of the April 15, 2025, dead  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Adam Blanchard, principal and CEO of Tanager Logistics and Double Diamond Transport, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members o  more