Medical Examiner Reports Deaths from Powerful Opioids on the Rise
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has seen an increase in deaths attributed to fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, which chemical...
Year: 2016
Convenience Store Owner Admits to Million Dollar Food Stamp Fraud Scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sami Almuhtaseb, 45, of Smithfield, R.I., owner of Oasis Market, a convenience store located in Providence, pleaded...
The National Association of Black Social Workers’ 39th International Conference to be Held Overseas in Spain
Washington, DC -- The National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) 39th International Conference, August 9-19, 2016, will explore the...
Illinois State Fair Adds to 2016 Grandstand Lineup
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon is adding two accomplished rockers to the Grandstand line-up at this...
Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Susan Faye Beard, of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the Department of Energy, vice...
Senator Collins, Treasurer Summers Aim to Protect Small Businesses
Anti-predatory lending measure approved by Senate committee SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th)...
Congressional Black Caucus Statement on Republican Congress Missing Budget Deadline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) made the following statement after House Republicans missed the...
11 Seguin-Based Texas Mexican Mafia Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges
Federal, state and local authorities arrested eight individuals and are looking for three others in connection with a heroin/cocaine trafficking...
Munger: ‘We Are All in This Together, We All Will Wait In Line’
Comptroller puts elected leader pay on par with other obligations CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger on...
Whistleblower Summit® for Civil & Human Rights Summit Talks-Whistleblower Lecture Series
Over the past twelve years members of the MISC (whistleblowers and advocates) have passed thirteen laws, including: No FEAR and...
