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(WASHINGTON) — A coalition of Illinois lawmakers are joining the Teamsters in demanding that Amazon respect federal labor laws and stop committing unfair labor practices against its delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois.
Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Chuy García (D-Ill.), and Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.), sent an oversight letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy today expressing concern over the company’s unlawful retaliation against Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers employed at its DIL7 delivery station.
Top banking regulator Martin Gruenberg is facing pressure to resign after a savage report about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) licentious working culture confirmed long-standing findings of sexual harassment plaguing the agency.
Top Republicans on congressional financial committees and at least one Democratic lawmaker have issued calls for Gruenberg’s resignation following an investigation by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
A bill has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives to ban cryptocurrency mixers for two years. Called the Blockchain Integrity Act, it is sponsored by five Democratic congresspeople led by Sean Casten.
Casten defined a crypto mixer in a statement as a pool that allows users to “generate a new address and withdraw their funds without revealing the link between the depositor and withdrawal addresses.”
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) called on FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to resign on Tuesday after a law firm’s investigation confirmed a report of rampant sexual misconduct, lewd behavior and retaliatory administrative practices at the federal banking regulator.
A new bill from House Financial Services Committee Democrats is expected to target crypto mixing services this week.
Legislation from the minority party is unlikely to move the needle in the waning months of the House's crypto negotiations, though its topic is at the center of discussions over illicit finance in the digital assets sector.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, recently appointed to the Congressional AI Task Force, will talk about the myths and realities of artificial intelligence as one of the speakers at a TEDx Naperville Live event on Thursday, April 25.
Doors open at 4 p.m. at the Henry Schacht Theater, Nokia campus, 200 Lucent Lane, Naperville, with live speakers set to begin at 4:30 p.m. and selected TED Talks screenings presented from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Two House lawmakers asked SEC Chair Gary Gensler on April 9 for more information on how the Securities and Exchange Commission is monitoring the impact of investment-related misinformation on short-selling activity.
In their April 9 letter, first obtained by Politico, Reps. Bill Foster, D-Ill., and Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., who both serve on the House Financial Services Committee, raised concerns to Gensler about "assertions that some issuers have experienced falling stock prices due to market-moving information that was untrue.”
By early next summer, residents should be able to begin applying for the Taylor Place Apartments in McHenry, said Richard Koenig, director of the nonprofit Housing Opportunity Development Corporation.
In Black communities, people don’t go to the salon or barber shop only to have their hair done.
A wash, cut and blow dry for Black hair can take two hours, minimum, said Donna Lowe, owner of the Donna Lowe Salon in Algonquin. That is why she has worked to make her salon part of the larger community, giving members a place to meet and talk whether they get their hair styled and set at the time or not.
“Our salons are not just a place to get hair done. It is where community meets and talks. It is intergenerational conversations with organic discussions,” Lowe said.