ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * Aldersgate Federal Credit Union Conserved * ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 18, 2025) - The National Credit Union Administration today placed Aldersgate Federal Credit Union in Marion, Illinois, into conservatorship. Member services will continue while the NCUA works to resolve issues affecting the credit union's operations. Member deposits at Aldersgate Federal Credit Union remain prot more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Chicago-Area Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Offenses * An Illinois man who operated a tax return preparation business pleaded guilty yesterday to preparing and filing false individual income tax returns for clients and for himself. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Byron Taylor, of Homewood, owned and operated We Are Taxes, a tax preparation busines more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Leads Delegation of Illinois Members of Congress in Calling on IRS to Fix Erroneous Late Payment Notices * June 27, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led Illinois's Congressional Democrats in demanding answers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on why Illinoisans are receiving notices of late payment in error after filing--and paying--their taxes on t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Outlines Harmful Judiciary Committee Provisions Included In Republicans' Reconciliation Bill * June 27, 2025 In speech on Senate floor, Durbin also spoke against Senator Cruz's provision that would leave the U.S. AI industry an unregulated wild west WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision Allowing For LGBTQ+ Discrimination In Public Schools * June 27, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against freedom of speech, public education, and LGBTQ+ rights in Mahmoud v. Taylor : "This is a loss fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision To Limit Judges' Power To Issue A Nationwide Injunctions, Allowing The Trump Administration's Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship To Move Forward * June 27, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled against more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Murphy, Coons, Welch, & Schiff Introduce Resolution Recognizing Tunisia's Leadership In The Arab Spring & Calling Out Troubling Democratic Backsliding * June 27, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) today introduced a resolution recognizing Tunisia' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Omni Hotels for Religious Discrimination and Retaliation * Federal Agency Says Chicago Hotel Failed to Accommodate Employee's Religious Beliefs CHICAGO - Omni Hotels Management Corporation, an international hotel chain company headquartered in Dallas, violated federal law at its Michigan Avenue location in Chicago when it discriminated against an employee by denying his req more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on June 27, 2025: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and Village Bank & Trust Celebrate Grand Opening of Zion Woods Apartments Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago), Village Bank & Trust, Housing Opportunity Development Corporation (HODC) and Brinshore Development joined local dignitaries on June 26 at  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Announces Nearly $725 Million to Reclaim Abandoned Coal Mines * Date: June 27, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON -- As part of President Donald J. Trump's America First Energy Agenda, the Department of the Interior today announced the availability of nearly $725 million in fiscal year 2025 funding to clean up abandoned coal mines and restore opportunity in Ameri more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Girardeau -- May 2024 * Workers in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.23 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * PCS Task Force Prioritizes Trust, Timeliness, Accountability * As Army Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis stood in line at the Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, commissary to order a sandwich for lunch, he couldn't help but notice something odd. "I'm standing next to an airman, and he's got his bike helmet, and he's got this huge backpack," Curtis said, adding that he asked the airman if he always carries everythin more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers use Argonne X-rays to better understand the phases of a quantum material * Understanding the mysterious properties of materials requires the ability to precisely measure the atoms of those materials as they go through changes. For example, scientists are not certain why quantum materials become superconducting at low temperatures. To find out, they ne more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters * Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.  more PR