Illinois State Treasurer’s Office News Releases

Video clips link 1 (Purple Heart return): Video clips link 2 (Delbert Tuttle story): Video clips link 3 (vault, radio voiceover): Ahead of Veterans Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal belonging to a late World War II Marine from Decatur to the veteran’s daughter. U.S. Marine Corps Private First- Class Delbert G. Tuttle earned the honor, along with the Silver Star, for wounds he suffered during the Battle of Saipan in the Pacific Theater on June 15, 1944. “Private…

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ office increased its small business spending by more than 67 percent from Fiscal Year 2023 to Fiscal Year 2024, a new report states. During Fiscal Year 2024, the Treasurer’s Office spent a total of $978,370.74 on contracts and other purchases with small businesses, which represents approximately 5 percent of the Office’s overall contract and purchase spending of $20,486,260.99. For comparison, spending during Fiscal Year 2023 totaled $585,221.91. The information is included in the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office annual report on the Office’s utilization of small…