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201905-29 FIGHT TO PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.pdf
• More than 12 million Americans who received coverage through Medicaid expansion.
• 12 million seniors who receive a Medicare benefit to afford prescription drugs....
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201905-22OPPOSES FEDERAL ROLLBACK OF OVERTIME PROTECTIONS.pdf
May 22, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES FEDERAL ROLLBACK OF OVERTIME PROTECTIONS
Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in urging the U.S
Department of Labor (DOL) not to adopt its proposal which reverses...
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201905-16 FEDERAL ROLLBACK OF COMMON SENSE PROTECTIONS FOR PAYDAY LOAN BORROWERS.pdf
Delaware, the District of Columbia Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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201905-13 JOINS DRUG PRICING LAWSUIT.pdf
May 13, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS DRUG PRICING LAWSUIT
Raoul & 43 Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals, 19 Generic Drug
Manufacturers, 15 Individuals in Conspiracy to Fix Prices & Allocate Markets for More Than 100
Generic...
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201905-13 CONGRESS TO REJECT FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS PROPOSED CUTS TO EPAS BUDGET.pdf
cutting the EPA’s
budget by $2.8 billion – 31 percent – from current levels, including cuts of $364 million to improving air
quality, $1.7 billion to providing for clean and safe water, $278 million for revitalizing land and preventing
contamination, and $15...
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201905-08 CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION ALLOWING MARIJUANA RELATED BUSINESSES TO ACCESS THE BANKING SYSTEM.pdf
Industry analysts estimate 2017 sales at $8.3 billion and expect those totals to
exceed $25 billion by 2025. Yet those revenues are handled outsid...
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201905-06 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED REVISION OF PROCESS RULE.pdf
May 6, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CALLS ON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED
REVISION OF PROCESS RULE
Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and New
York City, filed a comment letter calling...
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201905-03 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPOSAL TO END COST SAVING ENERGY STANDARDS FOR LIGHTBULBS.pdf
The proposal would cost consumers $12 billion each year in lost electricity savings by 2025, or $100
per household per year....
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201904-18 FIVE INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN LIQUOR STORE SALES TAX FRAUD SWEEP.pdf
The Secret Service assisted IDOR
with the investigation
Four defendants were charged in Cook County Circuit Court with sales tax evasion of more than $100,000, a
Class 1 felony punishable by up to four to 15 years in prison....
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201904-12 FILES AMICUS BRIEF TO PROTECT WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.pdf
April 12, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL FILES AMICUS BRIEF TO PROTECT WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS
Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, today filed a brief
in the U.S....
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201904-08 PREVENT RESOURCES FROM BEING DIVERTED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A BORDER WALL.pdf
general of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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201903-28 TWO MEN CHARGED WITH GUNRUNNING.pdf
From January until
March 15, 2019, Gomez and Ibarra allegedly sold guns the ATF recovered and traced back to residential
burglaries. The ATF has recovered nine guns, five of which had been reported stolen....
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201903-27 COLLECTS NEARLY 1 BILLION IN STATE REVENUE IN 2018.pdf
In addition to recoveries for the state, the Attorney General’s Consumer Fraud Bureaus mediated more than
21,000 complaints in 2018 and provided nearly $12 million in mediated and litigated savings for Illinois
consumers....
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201903-26 BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.pdf
District
Court’s decision would affect nearly every American, including:
• 133 million people, including 17 million kids with preexisting medical conditions;
• Young adults under 26 years of age who are covered under a parent’s health plan;
• More than 12...
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201903-20 CFPB EFFORT TO DELAY PROTECTIONS FROM PAYDAY LENDERS.pdf
In
fact, 90 percent of all loan fees come from consumers who borrow seven or more times in 12 months.
Twenty percent of payday loan sequences end in default, and 33 percent of single-payment auto title loan
sequences end in default....
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201903-15 ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENTS WITH FOUR FAST FOOD CHAINS TO END USE OF NO POACH AGREEMENTS.pdf
March 15, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENTS WITH FOUR FAST FOOD CHAINS TO END
USE OF NO-POACH AGREEMENTS
Under Agreement, Dunkin’, Arby’s, Five Guys, and Little Caesars will Drop Provisions that Limit
Recruitment and Hiring of Fast Food...
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201903-12 ISSUES 2018 PUBLIC ACCESS REPORT DURING SUNSHINE WEEK.pdf
March 12, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES 2018 PUBLIC ACCESS REPORT DURING SUNSHINE WEEK
Public Access Bureau Handled Nearly 3,800 New Matters in 2018
Chicago — In recognition of Sunshine Week, Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released the Public...
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201903-06 ANNOUNCES TOP 10 LIST OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS.pdf
The Attorney General’s Consumer Fraud Bureau saved consumers nearly $12 million through
litigation and mediation in 2018....
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201902-26 JOINS MULTISTATE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TURNBACK POLICY.pdf
A copy of the brief can be found here.
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201902-18 LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMPS DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.pdf
February 18, 2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECLARATION
OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
Raoul & 15 States File Lawsuit to Block Fabricated Emergency and Unlawful Diversion of
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