Category: Federal Government

Raoul, colleagues ask courts to uphold drinking water standards for PFAS substances

by Ryan Voyles | Jan 21, 2025 | Federal Government, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and over a dozen colleagues have asked a court to uphold a federal rule establishing nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, substances.

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Raoul cracks down on flavored disposable e-cigarette products

by Ryan Voyles | Jan 17, 2025 | Federal Government, Top Stories, Vaping | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Thursday announced a lawsuit over alleged unlawful manufacturing, distributing, selling and marketing of flavored disposable e-cigarette products.

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Raoul, colleagues file motion to protect ACA access for DACA recipients

by Ryan Voyles | Jan 16, 2025 | ACA, Federal Government, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined more than a dozen colleagues Wednesday to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients' access to health insurance.

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House delegation mostly splits on advancing defense funding bill banning gender-affirming care for kids

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 12, 2024 | Federal Government, Top Stories | 0

Illinois’ House delegation mostly split on party lines when the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday advanced a national defense funding bill that includes a provision banning a military health program from covering gender-affirming care for service members’ transgender children.

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Krishnamoorthi announces investigation into illicit vape manufacturing in China

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 4, 2024 | Federal Government, Top Stories, Vaping | 0

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, this week announced a Congressional investigation into the illicit manufacturing of vaping products by Chinese companies.

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