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CHICAGO (CBS) The Illinois State Treasurer s Office needs your help reuniting military honors with the people who earned them. This Memorial Day with the pandemic not over, parades are canceled or if happening, not as lavish. But one Memorial Day commitment that s unchanging is the Treasurer s hunt. Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, that is. Every year, his office sends out a statewide media alert to find the owners of unclaimed property with an extra special push to find people who ve lost their military medals. We find almost all of them in safe deposit boxes, Frerichs said. These are things that people really value. They might be worried about them being stolen or burned in a fire.
Maryland State Retirement hires new executive director
Maryland State Retirement hires new executive director
Martin Noven
Martin Noven has been named executive director of the $65.5 billion Maryland State Retirement & Pension System, Baltimore.
Mr. Noven, who resigned as executive director of the $22.1 billion Illinois State Universities Retirement System in February, will take over July 1 for
R. Dean Kenderdine, who will retire June 30, the system announced Wednesday.
“I am excited to work with an exceptional team to deliver hard-earned retirement benefits to Maryland workers,” Mr. Noven in a news release. “The Maryland State Retirement Agency is nationally recognized as a well-run public pension plan and it is indeed an honor to be selected to take the helm of this fine organization.”
State Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, has taken on an additional role after being elected Thursday night as Rock Island County Democratic Party Chairman. […]
Halpin may have set his sights higher though; he is considering running for Congress to represent the 17th District after U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, announced April 30 she would not seek re-election.
“I’m looking at it, but right now I am focused on finishing up the (legislative) session,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do in the last two weeks, so it’s not something I’m putting a lot of energy into right now. I’ll probably make a decision sometime over the summer.
By Benjamin Cox on May 17, 2021 at 1:38pm
A former Illinois State Treasurer received a major endorsement to become the next Illinois Secretary of State.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Alex Giannoulias won the endorsement of the 22-county Southern Illinois Democratic Chairs’ Association yesterday for the March 2022 primary. In addition, Giannoulias said he also received 4 other Downstate counties’ endorsements.
Giannoulias is among 5 Democrats who are seeking to replace Jesse White. White is the state’s longest serving secretary of state, and has been in the post since 1999. White said late last year that he will not seek re-election.
Giannoulias is up against 3
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A proposal by a group of Sempra Energy stockholders calling for the San Diego-based Fortune 500 company to issue a report detailing how Sempra’s assets and lobbying activities align with the international Paris treaty on climate change was turned down at the company’s annual shareholders meeting Friday.
But the proposal’s backers were heartened by the fact that it received 37.47 percent support, according to a count of preliminary votes.
“This proposal underscores shareholder concern about anti-climate lobbying activities, whether done directly by a company or by its trade association,” said Lila Holzman, senior energy program manager of As You Sow, a nonprofit that represented investors who put forth the proposal. “Shareholders want companies to ensure their lobbying is aligned with Paris goals.”