WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * Amtrak and states celebrate with customers and supporters * * * Overwhelming public interest in the new state-sponsored Borealis trains between St. Paul and Chicago has propelled year-to-date ridership past the 100,000 customer mark this week. Operated daily by Amtrak under contracts with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, state transportation department and Amtrak of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 25, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $80,264 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that food, housing,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 25, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area spent an average of $73,422 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that food, housing, and tra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 25, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, metropolitan area, spent an average of $91,496 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that food,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-10/statement_of_interest_-_jbh_v._knox_county.pdf) yesterday in a lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois alleging that conditions in a juvenile detention facility violate the Constitution. The statement explains that the 14th Amendment protects children from illegit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: * * * Defendant Allegedly Did Not Pay Over $600,000 in Employment Taxes * * * A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment yesterday charging an Illinois business owner for not paying employment taxes, not filing business tax returns, wire fraud and making false statements on a loan application. According to the indictment, Steven Cordell, of Chicago, was the owner and operato  more