SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is announcing that they do not anticipate releasing Individual Income Tax refunds for the 2016 tax filing season until March 1, 2016. The decision comes as fraud prevention efforts from last year’s tax season illustrate the positive impact that[Read More…]
Day: January 4, 2016
Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates Task Force Issues Final Report to Governor Rauner
OAK BROOK –(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti today formally presented Governor Bruce Rauner with the Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates Task Force’s final report. “Part of reforming and turning around Illinois includes empowering local communities. This report shows the efficiencies and inefficiencies within local governments and[Read More…]
Owner of Three Los Angeles Clinics Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The former owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Kent State University to Resolve Allegations of Discrimination in University-Operated Student Housing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with psychological disabilities to keep emotional support animals in university-operated student housing. Under[Read More…]
United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC, Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North[Read More…]
Department of Defense Releases Third Quarter Calendar Year 2015 Suicide Information
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. Today, the Department of Defense released the Quarterly Suicide Report (QSR) for the third quarter of calendar year 2015. The report summarizes confirmed suicide counts for all services and components during the months of July through September 2015, and also includes total suicide counts for calendar[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Announces Progress Towards Restoring U.S. Commitment to Scientific and Biomedical Research
Durbin’s Cures Act Sets Standard for Increased Biomedical Research Funding in Omnibus CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced major progress towards his goal of restoring the United States’ commitment to breakthrough scientific and biomedical research, reversing a troubling, decades-long downward trend in funding that has threatened[Read More…]
Big Dog Natural Recalls Chicken and Fish Supreme Dog Food Due to Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. Big Dog Natural of Brick, NJ is voluntary recalling a select production lot of Big Dog Natural raw dehydrated dog food Chicken Supreme potentially contaminated with Salmonella and Fish Supreme potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes that was shipped in the week of 10/31/2015 to 11/13/2015[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Warns That With House Vote This Week, Republicans To Come Closer Than Ever To Repealing Affordable Care Act
IOWA–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. At a town hall meeting in Davenport, Iowa, Hillary Clinton today warned about a new Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act scheduled to occur later this week. Since 2011, House Republicans have voted more than 50 times to repeal or dismantle the Affordable Care Act.[Read More…]
Secretary of State Services at Governors State University on January 20
University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—January 4, 2016. The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University’s Hall of Governors on Wednesday, January 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license and State ID renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle[Read More…]