WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Culver's Restaurants Franchisee Settles Two EEOC Race, Sex, and Disability Harassment and Discrimination Cases for $261,000 * Restaurant Also Agrees to Training and Policy Changes to Prevent Future Harassment and Discrimination MINNEAPOLIS - R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver's Restaurants of Cottage Grove, will pay $261,000 and furnish other relief more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin, Rep. Kelly Introduce "Wear Orange" Resolution in Observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Honor Hadiya Pendelton * June 02, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL)--Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee--and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) today introduced the bicameral "Wea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Rep. Kelly Introduce "Wear Orange" Resolution In Observance Of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Honor Hadiya Pendleton * June 02, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) today introduced the bicameral "Wear Oran more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Rep. Kelly Introduce "Wear Orange" Resolution In Observance Of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Honor Hadiya Pendleton WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-I more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- URAC has urged the U.S. Department of Justice to address laws and regulations creating a monopoly in the health plan accreditation market. The group argues that these barriers, affecting Medicare advantage and state Medicaid programs, limit competition, stifle innovation, and raise costs for consumers. URAC contends that a single accrediting body dominates the market due to a federal law requiring Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans to have their care models approved so more ST

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 3 -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LIFTS POULTRY EXHIBITION SUSPENSION The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is lifting the temporary suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets and auction markets. The suspension was initially issued in February in response to the ongoing threat of H5N1 avian flu and continued th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Romanian Citizen Pleads Guilty to 'Swatting' Numerous Members of Congress, Churches, and Former U.S. President * Thomasz Szabo, also known as Plank, Jonah, and Cypher, 26, of Romania, pleaded guilty today to being the leader of a years-long conspiracy that targeted victims across the United States with "swatting" and bomb threats. Szabo and his co-conspirators falsely reported ongoing violent emerge more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Trump Justice Department No Longer Cooperating With ABA Vetting & Rating Process Of Judicial Nominees WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Trump-Bondi Justice Department overturning decades of preceden more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Illinois Soybean Association, representing over 40,000 soybean farmers across Illinois, has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to carefully consider their comments regarding a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agricultural organization expressed appreciation for the chance to provide input and for an additional comment period, acknowledging the immense implications of such a decision for Illinois soybea more ST