WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has initiated preliminary anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of L-lysine from China. This action follows petitions alleging that these imports are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and are subsidized by the Chinese government, causing or threatening material injury to the domestic industry. The investigations, numbered 701-TA-767 and 731-TA-1750 (Preliminary), were instituted in response  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- A coalition of 18 conservation organizations has called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to maintain the existing definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to the agencies, the groups argue that removing the definition, which includes habitat modifications that injure or kill wildlife, would weaken protections for imperiled species and contradict the law's intent. "Habitat is essential to all fish, wil more ST

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On ICE Detaining Several People At An Immigration Supervision Program Site In Chicago * June 06, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained several people in Chicago: " This Administration is diverting historic  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On ICE Detaining Several People At An Immigration Supervision Program Site In Chicago CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained several people in Chicago: "This Administ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Visits Hackmatack Wildlife Refugee To Celebrate Expansion * June 06, 2025 RICHMOND - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge--the first such Refuge in the Chicago metropolitan area--to celebrate a major milestone in regional conservation. Durbin has championed Hackmatack for more than a dozen years, including by helping secure fe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Reaches More Than $1.1 Million Settlement with Stepan Co. of Northbrook, Illinois, for Allegedly Distributing Misbranded Pesticide * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Stepan Co. of Northbrook, Illinois, for allegedly distributing or selling a misbranded pesticide in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Stepan will pay a  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- A notice of intended repatriation has been issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, announcing the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, its plan to repatriate specific cultural items. These items meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and have been determined to have a cultural affiliation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The museum intends to repatriate 42 unassociated fun more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notification of pending nominations and related actions for the National Register of Historic Places. This notice invites public comment on a diverse array of properties in 10 states and District of Columbia that have been nominated for historic designation or are subject to related actions. Among the nominated properties are the Latin American Youth Center located at 3045 15th Street NW in Wash more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 7 -- The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the following news release: * * * ICC encourages community input on upcoming electric grid plans Springfield, IL - The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) is encouraging the public and community organizations to join in the state's ongoing planning for a safer, more reliable power grid at a set of community workshops this June. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) requires that Ameren and ComEd, the state's largest  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 7 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 6, 2025: * * * Two Funding Opportunities Announced for Watershed Management Planning and Implementation Projects to Address Nonpoint Source Pollution $4.4 Million in Funding Available Through Section 319(h) Grant Program * SPRINGFIELD --Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director James Jennings today announced a total of $4.4 million in funding  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 7 -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following statement on June 6, 2025, by Director Sameer Vohra: * * * Director Vohra Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations Dear Colleagues, The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) remains committed to open and transparent communication on public health developments. Background On May 27, 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Department wo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following semiannual report to Congress on May 29, 2025: * * * I am pleased to submit this semiannual report summarizing the oversight work of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. In keeping with our mission as defined in the Inspector General Act of 1978, this work promotes efficient and effective operations and programs within DOI and preven more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has announced the termination of an investigation (No. 337-TA-1375), which involved certain mobile phones, their components and products containing them. This conclusion follows a comprehensive settlement reached between complainant Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson of Stockholm, Sweden, and the respondents: Motorola Mobility LLC of Chicago, Illinois; Lenovo Inc. of Morrisville, North Carolina; Lenovo Group Limited of Hong Kong SAR;  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced its decision not to review an initial determination to terminate an investigation concerning certain cellular base station communication equipment, components and products containing same. This effectively brings the investigation to a close based on a settlement between the involved parties. The Commission initiated this investigation following a complaint filed by Motorola Mobility LLC of Chicago, Illinois. Mo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has issued a notice scheduling the final phase of its countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations concerning imports of paper file folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka. This critical step will determine whether a U.S. industry faces material injury or threat of injury due to these imports. The investigation follows preliminary determinations by the Department of Commerce. Commerce found that paper file folders from Sri  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Illinois AG Research LLC, a private Contract Research Organization based in southern Illinois, has submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency strongly advocating for the rapid registration of cyclobutrifluram (Tymirium). The organization, owned and operated by three scientists who also run commercial farming operations, highlighted the fungicide's efficacy against two devastating soybean diseases: SDS (fusarium virguliforme) and red crown rot (calonectri more ST