| News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 16, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Hawaii A.G. Lopez Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024:
Attorney General Anne Lopez and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network.
"While we work to identify and reduce the amount of illegal robocalls
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INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $580 Million for Ports to Strengthen American Supply Chains and Lower Costs
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release:
Announcement comes on the third anniversary of the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which included a historic $17 billion to modernize U.S. ports and waterways
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced plans to invest nearly $580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one U.S. ter
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Reports of Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Down More Than 50 Percent Since 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
Today, the Federal Trade Commission released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2024 which shows that consumer reports about unwanted calls continue to drop for the third straight year, with complaint volume down by more than half since 2021.
The FTC has pursued a multifaced strategy to crack down on unwanted calls. In 2023, the agency announced Operation Stop Scam Calls, the largest
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