CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin - November 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.414 a gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in November 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were down 25.0 cents more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn - November 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.226 a gallon in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area in November 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were down 17.7 cents c more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - September 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.37 per hour in the South to $53.75 in the Northeast in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 16, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that St. Louis University has been selected to receive a $500,000 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois metropolitan statistical area. The Brownfields Job Training P more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: Grubhub will pay $25 million to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General that the food delivery firm engaged in an array of unlawful practices including deceiving diners about delivery costs and blocking their access to their accounts and funds, deceiving workers about how much money they would make delivering food, and unfairly and deceptively listing restaurants on  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in partnership with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a $25 million settlement agreement with Grubhub Inc. over its alleged deceptive business practices that harmed customers, delivery drivers and restaurants. Raoul's office initiated an investigation into Grubhub's practices after receiving dozens of consumer complaints about the com more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Most hourly workers will see an increase of $1 an hour on their paystubs * * * The minimum wage in Illinois is increasing on January 1st, 2025. Workers will see an increase of $1 per hour from $14 to $15. The minimum wage for tipped workers will rise to $9 per hour and youth workers (under 18) working fewer than 650 hours per calendar year will see their hourly wage incr more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Grant funding will help 100 parks statewide develop recreational opportunities * * * Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced than more than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities. For the  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news: CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that it has posted the 2024 Third Quarter Report of Nursing Home Violations. Details on the 312 violation reports completed in the third quarter of 2024 may be found HERE (https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/health-care-regulation/nursing-homes/violator-quarterly-reports/2024-q3-report.html) on the IDPH website.  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Illinois Courts issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced today that the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine's Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development (CRHSSD) has recently awarded $45,000 to rural drug courts in Illinois. Five rural counties including Pike, Williamson, Clinton, Marion, and Richland will receive funds to enhance existing programs and more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Third District Appellate Court Justice Mary W. McDade has announced her retirement after 24 years on the bench in the Third District Appellate Court, during which time she became the first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Appellate Court outside of Cook County. Her retirement is effective December 31, 2024. Justice McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in August 1939 and was raised in Ann more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Data from the U.S.-European Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission gives researchers a detailed look at lakes and reservoirs in a U.S. watershed. The Ohio River Basin stretches from Pennsylvania to Illinois and contains a system of reservoirs, lakes, and rivers that drains an area almost as large as France. Researchers with the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission, a collaborati more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: President Joe Biden today established the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine as the 433rd addition to the National Park System at a signing ceremony at the Department of Labor with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and leaders of the labor and women's rights communities. The new national monument reflects  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release Dec. 17, 2024: On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the President signed into law: S. 50, the "Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024," which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance. Thank you to Senators Rubio and Rick Scott for their leadership. * * * S. 310, the "Disaster Co more PR