The biennial report, The State We’re In 2025, tracks 15 years of data on funding, enrollment, staffing, affordability, and student outcomes from early childhood through higher education. #mentalhealth
The indictment alleges that the defendants defrauded lenders and the U.S. Small Business Administration of millions of dollars in PPP loans and EIDL funds. #fraud
Alvi caused tens of thousands of claims to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Covid-19 tests that were not performed as billed. #covid
Crawford Measure Studying Effects of COVID-19 on Chronic Absenteeism Heads to House Floor (Springfield, IL) – State Rep. Mike Crawford, D-Chicago, passed a measure...
An indictment returned Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges WILLIAM FREDERICK REED, 41, of Hazel Crest, Ill., with making false statements in U.S. Small Business Administration loan applications, bankruptcy fraud, and tax offenses. #fraud
“Mark Ethan Jermain fraudulently applied for and received PPP loans for businesses that didn’t exist anywhere but on paper. Furthermore, he used the identity of a former business partner, unbeknownst to the partner, to defraud the taxpayer funded program out of nearly three quarters of a million dollars,” said FBI St. Louis Special Agent in Charge Ashley Johnson. #loan
“I don't think I'd care much if it was like, ‘let's reinstate these service members. As long as they still qualify, as long as they meet the standards that you're gonna require everybody to meet for the military.’ But the idea that you're gonna give them back pay for having refused what was a legal order?” said Kinzinger. #reinstatement
Officials from DCEO said because of the amount of funds, it had to bring in an outside vendor and they could do this under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. #businessinterruptiongrants