WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Eleven attorneys general and three state labor organizations have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor regarding proposed changes by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The letter expresses opposition to OSHA's proposal that could significantly diminish safety protections for workers engaged in "inherently risky" activities. The aimed regulatory shift targets the general duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Ac more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- A coalition of 263 reproductive health researchers, through the UCLA Law Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy and UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), expressing their support for existing citizen petitions advocating for unrestricted access to mifepristone, a medication used for medication abortion and the management of early pregnancy loss. The letter emphasiz more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Consumer Federation of America issued a report revealing the widespread presence of "mortgage deserts" across rural and urban areas in the United States, exposing inequitable access to mortgage finance that disproportionately affects low-income and predominantly Black communities. The report defines mortgage deserts as counties where the lowest ten percent of home purchases are made with mortgages, highlighting a continued challenge in homeownership accessibil more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Moran Introduce Resolution to Recognize 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War * November 06, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced a resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. "The 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War powerfully reminds us to honor the brave Americans whos more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out The Trump Administration For Their Efforts To Undermine Voting Rights Across The Country * November 05, 2025 Durbin: "Across this country, Republican lawmakers and litigators are using every trick in the book to rig the rules of the game in their favor and cling to power" WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judici more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Durbin Calls Out The Trump Administration For Their Efforts To Undermine Voting Rights Across The Country Durbin: "Across this country, Republican lawmakers and litigators are using every trick in the book to rig the rules of the game in their favor and cling to power" * Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ran more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Exposes Trump Administration's Extreme Conduct In Chicago U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a powerful video exposing the abuses committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Department of Homeland Security ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Presses ICE Acting Director On Denying Members Of Congress Access To Facilities * November 05, 2025 Despite constitutional oversight authority and laws explicitly granting Members of Congress access to ICE detention facilities, ICE has rejected requests from multiple Members of Congress to visit Broadview ICE Facility and other crowded short-term facilities WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate D more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Presses ICE Acting Director On Denying Members Of Congress Access To Facilities Despite constitutional oversight authority and laws explicitly granting Members of Congress access to ICE detention facilities, ICE has rejected requests from multiple Members of Congress to visit Broadview ICE Facility and other crowded short-term facilities  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Shares Story Of Green Card Holder Who Went Missing For Two Weeks After Being Unlawfully Detained By DHS Agents During So-Called "Operation Midway Blitz" * November 05, 2025 "Donald Trump has turned federal law enforcement officers into his own personal, secret, masked police force to engage in political theater at the expense of real lives. In that process, the rights and liberties gua more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Congressional Republicans For Refusing To Address Health Care Costs As Tuesday's Elections Prove Americans Are Rejecting President Trump's Policies * November 06, 2025 "The American people deserve so much more than mere 'concepts of a plan' for their health care," Durbin said in his speech on the Senate floor WASHINGTON - As open enrollment has begun and Americans across the co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Trump Administration For Throwing Parties, Remodeling The White House While Negating Its Responsibility To Pay Out Snap Benefits For 42 Million Americans * November 05, 2025 "When it comes to feeding 42 million Americans, our most vulnerable neighbors and friends, suddenly, the Trump Administration appears confused and once again, in disarray...But it has no problem remodeling th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Armed Services Conferees To Include Provisions To Support Rock Island Arsenal * November 06, 2025 "We urge you to retain these provisions in a Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act conference agreement to ensure Rock Island Arsenal and its workforce in the Quad Cities region remain a hub for manufacturing in the years to come," the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Following Yesterday's Cruel DHS Operation At A Preschool In Illinois, Durbin Again Calls For Secretary Noem To Testify In Front Of The Senate Judiciary Committee * November 06, 2025 During a Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting, Durbin also called on his Republican colleagues to allow Special Counsel Jack Smith to testify WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2025: * * * Following Yesterday's Cruel DHS Operation At A Preschool In Illinois, Durbin Again Calls For Secretary Noem To Testify In Front Of The Senate Judiciary Committee U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an opening statement during today's Senate Judiciary Committee more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following report involving Department of Innovation and Technology, Information Technology Shared Services. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SHARED SERVICES SYSTEM SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATION CONTROLS REPORT AND REPORT REQUIRED UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 1 CATEG more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following report financial audit involving Illinois Department of Employment Security. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2024 Release Date: October 30, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 5 CATEGORY: NEW -- REPEAT - TOTAL Category 1: 0 -- 3 -- 3 Category 2: 0 -- 2 -- 2 Category 3: 0 -- 0 -- 0 TOTAL: 0 -- 5 -- 5 FINDINGS LAST A more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination involving Illinois Joining Forces Foundation. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST ILLINOIS JOINING FORCES FOUNDATION COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDED June 30, 2024 Release Date: October 23, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 4 CATEGORY: NEW -- REPEAT - TOTAL Category 1: 0 -- 3 --3 Category 2: 0 -- 1 -- 1 Category 3: 0 -- 0 -- 0 TOTAL: 0 -- 4 -- 4 FINDINGS LA more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following report financial audit involving Illinois Joining Forces Foundation. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST ILLINOIS JOINING FORCES FOUNDATION FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDED June 30, 2024 Release Date: October 23, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 2 CATEGORY: NEW -- REPEAT - TOTAL Category 1: 0 -- 2 -- 2 Category 2: 0 -- 0 -- 0 Category 3: 0 -- 0 -- 0 TOTAL: 0 -- 2 -- 2 FINDINGS LAST AUD more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following report involving Department of Innovation and Technology, Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATION CONTROLS REPORT AND REPORT REQUIRED UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 0 F more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following report involving Department of Innovation and Technology, Information Technology Hosting Services. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HOSTING SERVICES SYSTEM SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATION CONTROLS REPORT AND REPORT REQUIRED UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2025 FINDINGS THIS A more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit involving Regional Office of Education #4: Boone and Winnebago Counties. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION #4: BOONE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2021 Release Date: October 15, 2025 FINDINGS THIS AUDIT: 3 CATEGORY: NEW -- REPEAT - TOTAL Category 1: 0 -- 0 -- 0 Category 2: 0 -- 2 -- 2 Category 3: 0 --  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination involving Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois. Here are excerpts: * * * REPORT DIGEST TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION OF CENSUS DATA FOR THE YEAR ENDED June 30, 2024 Release Date: October 2, 2025 State of Illinois, Office of the Auditor General INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Compliance Examination of Census D more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The Realtors Land Institute (RLI), Chicago, Illinois, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior advocating for the rescission of the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule adopted on May 9, 2024. The organization expresses gratitude to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for permitting input on the proposed repeal of this regulation, describing it as burdensome and unnecessary. In its letter, RLI emphasizes that the 2024 Rule was designed more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Save Up to 30% on Amtrak Travel During the "Winter Wanderlust Sale" * Make the most of the season with discounted fares on select routes nationwide WASHINGTON - Travelers can embrace the magic of the holiday season and travel more in the new year by exploring new and favorite destinations during Amtrak's "Winter Wanderlust Sale." Customers can cozy up to discounted fares for travel across the  more PR