SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Office of Law Enforcement is seeking applicants for the position of conservation police officer trainee. Conservation police officers enforce state laws intended to protect Illinois’ natural and recreational resources. They are vested with full state-wide police authority and are trained to the highest standards for law […]
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CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced $42 million in funding for the Regional Site Readiness Program. The goal of this program is to ensure sites are better prepared to attract future investment and new job opportunities in the industrial sector across all 10 of Illinois’ Economic
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SPRINGFIELD, ILL- The popularity of residential pools has increased over recent years raising the risk for accidental drownings meaning homeowners and parents need be extra vigilant to protect kids who have access to the water. Public pools are a popular summer destination for people to beat the heat, but they can pose some hidden dangers.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reminds residents that although sightings of black bears in the state are rare, the potential exists that animals from neighboring states may be observed in Illinois over the next few months. With established populations in the adjacent states of Missouri and Wisconsin, occasional summer movements
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CHICAGO – July is Military Consumer Month, and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) wants to ensure service members and their spouses who move to Illinois know about the assistance available to them when applying for professional licensure to work in the Land of Lincoln. “These brave, selfless individuals and their families
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To mark its Golden Jubilee, the Illinois Lottery celebrated with several thousand people and over $10,000 in prize giveaways CHICAGO, Ill. – The Illinois Lottery celebrated its 50th anniversary in style on Thursday, July 18, in Chicago River North’s Pioneer Court Plaza with a fun-filled, disco-themed event. Ushering in a day of ‘70s nostalgia, the celebration
SPRINGIELD – The Illinois House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 8915, the Education and Workforce Freedom Act, by a vote of 23-13. H.R. 8915 has now been reported to the House floor, for consideration at a time yet to be determined. Sec. 3 of H.R. 8915 encompasses a slightly revised version the PCC’s Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that the unemployment rate increased +0.1 percentage point to 5.0 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased +10,400 in June, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and released by IDES. The May revised unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from
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CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced the first human case of 2024 in Illinois of West Nile virus (WNV), the mosquito-borne illness. While commercial testing and clinical symptoms indicate a case of WNV, IDPH routinely sends the first positive case to CDC for confirmatory testing, which is pending. The individual is in
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Due to the extreme weather experienced throughout the State of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Agriculture is extending the Junior Livestock Entry Deadline to Thursday, July 18 at 5 p.m. As a reminder, exhibitor registration moved online this year using ShoWorks. This new system, and the Livestock Premium Book, are available on
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