WASHINGTON – In a joint letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Senate and House Judiciary Committee chairmen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged the swift implementation of regulations that would drastically curtail the amount of fraud and abuse that has become common in the EB-5 regional center program.

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On April 5, 2018, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Darion Daquan Gardner, age 22, of Davenport, to 80 months in prison for a felon in possession of a firearm charge, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Gardner was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and forfeit the firearm he possessed.

The Realtor code of ethics complaint filed by Alderman Dylan Parker against Realtor Ryan Latko (Aledo) last week was dismissed by a Grievance Committee of the Illinois REALTORS® (Springfield, IL). The dismissal means that the committee found no violation of the Code on the basis of the Facebook conversation as Mr. Parker alleged, reported Sharon Carlson CEO, Quad City Area REALTOR® Association.

Polaris releases annual National Human Trafficking Hotline data; 13% jump in cases nationwide