CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following remarks on Dec. 6, 2024, by Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the 80th anniversary of the International Civil Aviation Organization: * * * I consider my role as U.S. Transportation Secretary to be the best job in my country's government. Looking after all means of transportation, the proverbial trains, planes, and automobiles. Not to mention our maritime sector and increasingly commercial space travel. And all  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Settlement requires city to invest an estimated $30M in upgrades in response to unlawful release of sewage * * * CHICAGO (December 10, 2024) - Today, Dec. 10, the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice and state of Illinois announced a settlement with the city of Cahokia Heights, Ill., resolving violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Illinois Environmental Protection more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Settlement requires city to invest an estimated $30M in upgrades in response to unlawful release of sewage * * * Today, Dec. 10, the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice and state of Illinois announced a settlement with the city of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, resolving violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act resulting from the ci more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Department of Justice and the State of Illinois, announced the filing of a complaint against the City of East St. Louis, Illinois. The complaint seeks penalties and infrastructure improvements to remedy East St. Louis' failure to operate its sewer system in compliance with the Clean Water Act. This failure has led to hundreds of unlawful disc more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 14 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * National Quantum Algorithm Center to be located at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) * * * Governor JB Pritzker joined IBM's Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos, Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) CEO Harley Johnson, and industry stakeholders to announce the new National Quantum Algorithm Center. more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 7 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Justice Mary K. O'Brien of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for a Resident Circuit Judge vacancy in Will County - in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit - Third Subcircuit. Please be advised that any candidate seeking appointment to this vacancy shall reside within the subcircuit boundaries. See 705 ILCS 35/2f-4 (a-5) (West 2022); 705 ILCS 40/2(d) (West 2022). The vacancy was c more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on December 2, 2024, by Ayushi Narayan entitled "Pay transparency's rise isn't tied to expected explanations": Here are excerpts: * * * Employers are increasingly providing pay information in job postings despite the fact that a relatively small number of states require the practice. Minnesota will join that number on January 1, 2025, when a law requiring employers to provide pay informat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We are proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of occupied habitat, where many of the uni more PR