January 2024

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland kicks off 2024 Girl Scout Cookie season

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Consumers in the Missouri Heartland can now support local girl entrepreneurs by ordering from the iconic cookie lineup, earning funds that fuel amazing experiences in the outdoors, STEM, and beyond.    On Thursday, Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland kicked off their 2024 Girl Scout Cookie season, the annual event in which Girl […]

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Gov. Pritzker announces $5 Million available in B2B Grants for local chambers

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced $5 million in available grant funding through the Back to Business (B2B) Local Chambers program. Following state recovery programming for businesses totaling $1.5 billion, the latest American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-funded opportunity is designed to provide additional support for local chambers

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Gov. Pritzker announces $10M capital investment for the Southern Illinois Healthcare Cancer Institute

CARTERSVILLE— Governor JB Pritzker visited the Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) Cancer Institute today to announce a $10M grant to Southern Illinois Healthcare for their recent expansion of the SIH Cancer Institute in Carterville. The grant is made possible through the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois plan to improve infrastructure statewide.   “As Governor, there is nothing more important

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Gov. Pritzker announces $14.9M in federal funding for Illinois’ community charging program

CHICAGO—On Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker announced that Illinois secured 14.9M in competitive federal grant funding from the US Department of Transportation’s FY22-FY23 Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program. The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA), in its role as the Illinois Climate Bank, was chosen to receive the $14.9M to support the expansion of electric

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Governor Parson signs Executive Order 24-02 in preparation for severe winter weather

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 24-02 as a precautionary measure to prepare for winter weather, especially extreme cold temperatures expected to impact the State of Missouri starting this weekend. The Order waives certain hours of service requirements for commercial vehicles transporting residential heating fuel and activates the Missouri National Guard for state and

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Illinois EPA urges eligible entities in Illinois to apply for the Federal Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) is encouraging local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education to pursue an unprecedented federal funding opportunity to address climate challenges and reduce pollution. The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program (Community Change Grants), created by the Inflation Reduction Act and administered

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Jackson County angler swipes first state record fish of 2024

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Jeffrey Needles of Lake Lotawana for catching the first state-record of 2024 – a 12-ounce yellow perch. Needles was using a throwline Jan. 3 when he caught the fish from Lake Lotawana. The previous alternative methods record for yellow perch was a 10-ounce fish caught

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Judgment obtained against Phelps County dog breeder

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that his office obtained a judgment against Phelps County business owner of Sho-Me Labradors, Sandra Kozlowski, for violating state standards for licensed commercial dog breeders. “As Attorney General, I will hold accountable those who put Missouri dogs in egregious situations, no matter how long it

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