CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation to require all companies doing business in Illinois to collect and remit the legally required sales taxes. House Bill 3659 – the Mainstreet Fairness Bill – was a bipartisan initiative that passed both houses of the General Assembly with overwhelming support.[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Illinois’ 2011 Spring Trout Season Opens April 2; Rainbow Trout Stocked at 43 Locations
SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The 2011 spring trout fishing season in Illinois will begin at 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Marc Miller announced today. “Our Catchable Trout Program is a perfect example of a program that is completely self sufficient and funded[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Dept. of Revenue Announce Indictments of Two Accountants for Alleged Gas Tax Evasion
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (DOR) announced today the indictments of Naveed Ahmed, CPA, and his brother, Asif Waheed for preparing fraudulent Illinois Sales and Use tax returns on behalf of six gas station owners who attempted to evade paying $5 million[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Reaches $68.5 Million Settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $68.5 million settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP over alleged deceptive and unfair marketing practices of its antipsychotic drug, Seroquel. Leading the multi-state investigation, Madigan alleged AstraZeneca illegally marketed Seroquel for unapproved uses and failed to fully disclose the drug’s potential[Read More…]
Commerce Department Announces Launch of i6 Green Challenge to Promote Clean Energy Innovation and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and its Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship today announced the opening of its $12 million i6 Green Challenge in partnership with the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and Commerce’s[Read More…]
New Fellowship Programs to Support Innovative Research and Ensure U.S. Leadership in Clean Energy
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the launch of two new fellowship programs designed to attract the country’s best and brightest scientific minds to work on advanced clean energy technologies. The two fellowship programs – the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program and the SunShot Initiative[Read More…]
New, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle to Run on Compressed Natural Gas Expected to Result in 900 U.S. Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy finalized a nearly $50 million loan to The Vehicle Production Group LLC. The loan will support the development of the six-passenger MV-1, a purpose-built wheelchair accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas. [Read More…]
Olympic Athlete, 14 College Graduates Among New Officers
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. A member of two U.S. Olympic teams, two former teachers, a retired fire lieutenant and 14 college graduates are among the 45 cadets who graduated from the Cook County Sheriff’s Training Academy yesterday, marking the beginning of their law enforcement careers as correctional officers based at the[Read More…]
New Robot System to Test 10,000 Chemicals for Toxicity
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. Several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, today unveiled a new high-speed robot screening system that will test 10,000 different chemicals for potential toxicity. The system marks the beginning of a new phase of an ongoing collaboration, referred to as Tox21, that is working[Read More…]
NIH Urges — Be Kind to Your Kidneys!
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. Kidney disease can lead to heart disease, and vice versa. And on World Kidney Day, Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., director of the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases asks people to consider the link, and what they can do to protect kidney[Read More…]
