Ill State News

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

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced that expiration dates for driver’s licenses, ID cards and learner’s permits are being extended until December 1, 2022.   The previous extension was set to end on July 31, 2022. As a result, expired driver’s licenses, ID cards and learner’s permits will remain valid until

CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Friday issued 149 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses to applicants selected in three lotteries held in the summer of 2021. All businesses qualify as Social Equity Applicants under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. The list of today’s awardees and the next steps for

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public that the busiest roadside mowing period is underway, requiring drivers to slow down, avoid all distractions and proceed with caution when encountering equipment and personnel. The heaviest mowing operations will continue until Aug. 15, a schedule that helps maximize motorist safety and protect pollinator

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Thursday that the unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage point to 4.5 percent, the lowest the rate has been since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and non-farm payrolls increased by +18,800 in June, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau