September 2024

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have announced $25.5 million in funding for the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program to grow and diversify Illinois’ clean energy ecosystem. This grant funding will provide seed funding and pre-development funding opportunities to equity eligible contractors to work on renewable energy

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has announced $26.5 million in funding for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) for Public Infrastructure and Housing Rehabilitation. Grantees will be selected through a competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process.   “Every community in Illinois deserves up-to-date

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) welcomed three new gaming agent trainees to the agency today during a law enforcement basic training graduation ceremony in Springfield. The gaming agents will be assigned to IGB casino field offices statewide. Hiring and training new gaming agents is part of the IGB’s ongoing effort to ensure fair

CHICAGO – On August 31, 2024, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a traffic crash in Cook County involving an ISP trooper hit by a motorist who failed to move over.    On the above date and time, an ISP trooper’s marked squad car was parked in Lane 1 on Interstate 94 southbound near 111th Street

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A district court judge has sentenced two Columbus, Ohio, men to federal prison for burglarizing several pharmacies of oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine pills with intent to illegally distribute the controlled substances. George H. Cunningham, 42, was sentenced to 100 months’ and Tarvin M. Hamler, III, 43, was sentenced to 96 months’