Ill State News

SPRINGFIELD – Over a period of six months, the Illinois State Police (ISP), at the request of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), is deploying officers to the country of Georgia to provide basic interviewing and interrogation, traffic crash investigation, crime scene management, and criminal investigation training […]

EAST ALTON – For over a decade, volunteers with the Illinois RiverWatch program, part of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRRECsm), has been monitoring mussel populations in the Upper Sangamon River.    Last year, in collaboration with the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, the Missouri Botanical Gardens and the St. Louis Zoo, the Illinois

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) will launch “Manufacturing Matters,” a statewide tour that will visit factories, educational institutions and economic development centers across Illinois to detail the results of a new economic impact study about the vital contributions the manufacturing industry provides to communities large and small. The study found that the total

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 35,371 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 48 deaths since July 22, 2022. That’s 9.6 percent increase over the number of new cases the week ending July 22.   According to the CDC, 66 counties are now rated

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) was recognized as the best manufacturing advocacy group in the nation, winning the inaugural 2022 Leadership Award from the Conference of State Manufacturers Associations (COSMA) during its annual meeting this week in San Diego.   The IMA was recognized for efforts to build a future generation workforce through investments

PORTLAND, Ore. – At the end of NBC’s first ‘The Biggest Loser’ season, the winning contestant had lost 122 pound (37% of his body weight). A study of contestants’ weight loss over a 6-year period after the show found that they had kept off 30% if their original bodyweight. Unfortunately, when it comes to America’s

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Freedom Caucus is today calling on the Illinois Republican Party to censure Congressman Adam Kinzinger for his behavior during the January 6th hearings and for his continued practice of attacking fellow Republicans.Congressman Kinzinger led the proceedings at the latest January 6th hearings and offered up little but incendiary language, wild exaggerations, and personal

CHICAGO – The Illinois State Police is joining law enforcement officers from Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin for this year’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 5 high visibility Speed Awareness Day enforcement campaign on July 27, 2022.   This campaign is an effort to address the drastic increase in speed and hazardous moving

CHICAGO – On Thursday, Illinois legislative leaders and consumer advocates sharply criticized the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the multi-state entity that manages the generation and transmission of electricity across Central and Southern Illinois for being “asleep at the switch” by failing to approve renewable energy projects that could reliably power 4.5 million homes in