WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined their cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. The remains, representing at least 17 individuals, were excavated from Will County, Illinois, by George Langford between 1902 and 1913. These remains, along with five distinct lots of funerary objects, were later accessioned by the museum in 1919 and 1  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The American Museum of Natural History in New York, intends to repatriate five unassociated funerary objects to a coalition of federally recognized Indian Tribes with ancestral ties to burial sites in Will County, Illinois. The cultural items--identified as a pebble, a stone scraper, an arrowpoint, a glass ring, and a pottery sherd--were excavated between 1902 and 1913 by George Langford and gifted to the museum in 1919. These items, which date to periods ranging   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - April 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.1 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area advanced 0.1 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Area - April 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the past two months, up 1.4 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - April 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.2 percent in April, up 2.4 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.2 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, St. Louis Area - April 2025": * * * Area prices rose 1.2 percent in March and April, up 2.2 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bu  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Chairman Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing Examining Agriculture's Role in Conservation WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing "Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation." The following  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 13, 2025 NAVY IAP World Services Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida, is awarded a $58,152,355 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base operations support contract for services at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. Work will be performed at Souda Bay, Greece, and will be completed by June 2034. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and eight option periods, is $5  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out Republicans' Plan to Strip Health Care From Millions Of Americans In Largest Cut To Medicaid In American History May 12, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin slams Republicans' plan to slash Medicaid and potentially kick 14 million Americans off their insurance, to pay for tax breaks for billionaires WASHINGTON - Following the release of a non-partisan Congressional   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers May 13, 2025 Today's hearing will investigate the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an openin  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Today's hearing will investigate the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Sen  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Meets With Chief Of Air Force Reserve May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today met with Lt. Gen. John Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, to discuss military readiness and supporting the mission of the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base. Over the last four years, Durbin has p  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Durbin Questions Witnesses In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Today's hearing investigated the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judicia  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues File Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Attempts To Dismantle The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and 41 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce Final Segment Of Springfield Rail Improvements Project Can Move Forward May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON --U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fully obligated $157,126,494 in federal funding for the   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, has announced its intention to repatriate three lots of cultural items of significance to the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. The items, which have been identified as objects of cultural patrimony, include two lots of modified stones and one lot of game pieces. These items were collected in the early 1900s during a two-year field expedition in California, with one lot of modified stones an  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 14 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Illinois EPA Director Seals Chicago Industrial Building Due to Asbestos Contamination, Refers Case to Illinois Attorney General for Enforcement Improper Handling of Asbestos During Renovation and Demolition Cited SPRINGFIELD -Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Acting Director James Jennings has issued a Seal Order for a commercial/industrial building lo  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Klobuchar Calls for Conservation Program Support WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation. In her remark  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10713) on May 12, 2025, by education policy specialist Rebecca R. Skinner and research assistant Isobel Sorenson: * * * School choice generally refers to the opportunity for parents to select an elementary or secondary school for their child that differs from the assigned school that the child would otherwise attend based on where the family lives. School choice programs are often divided   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 5, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of a beloved institution, the Harlem Globetrotters. Their centennial will be in 2026 and will mark 100 years of entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world. The Harlem Globetrotters were founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1926 by Abe Saperstein a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on May 12, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, last week, hospital leaders from every corner of my State of Illinois came to Washington. What was the reason for the trip? The debate in Washington about the future of Medicaid. Each and every one of them, from the city of Chicago through the  more