SPRINGFIELD – As school districts around the state continue struggling to fill teaching positions, Senate Democrats hosted a press conference in Springfield on Thursday announcing a number of legislative measures that would help address the void. “Illinois is facing an overall teaching shortage and an immediate staffing shortage in schools,” State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel […]
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SPRINGFIELD – As the country celebrates National Engineering Week, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC Illinois) has announced its 2022 ‘Prioritize Our Infrastructure’ Agenda. The agenda includes several pieces of legislation that will ensure Illinois’ physical infrastructure projects continue to be well-funded by the state and completed by the most qualified professionals in
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CHICAGO – Building on Illinois’ COVID-19 emergency housing assistance response, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has announced applications for homeowners financially impacted by the pandemic will be accepted beginning in April through the Illinois Emergency Homeowner Assistance Fund (ILHAF) program. ILHAF will provide up to $30,000 in free assistance per homeowner paid directly
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SPRINGFIELD – Legislation sponsored by House Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, that would increase equity for low-income and minority students by expanding access to higher quality school meals across the state was approved by the House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee this afternoon. The legislation, which has support from both sides of the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) along with State Representatives Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville); Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur); Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City); and Chris Miller (R-Oakland) defied the Illinois House mask rules and were forced to vote on bills remotely instead of on the House floor. They are issuing the following statement on what transpired
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. – Gary Rabine, candidate for Illinois Governor is issuing the following statement on the recent Appellate Court ruling on the mask mandate at schools. “For the second time in as many weeks, a court has slapped down JB Pritzker’s efforts to make parents bystanders in their kids’ health care decisions. Clinging to the egomaniacal
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SPRINGFIELD – Legislation sponsored by House Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, that would increase equity for low-income and minority students by expanding access to higher quality school meals across the state was approved by the House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee this afternoon. The legislation, which has support from both
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) is backing legislation that would make permanent and modernize a tax credit that incentivizes manufacturers and other companies to invest in research and development projects in Illinois. “Illinois manufacturers are constantly striving to bring new and better products to market. From innovative medical treatments to unique food products
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Corrections Lodge 263 President Scot Ward issued the following statement regarding House Bill 3564, the proposed Isolated Confinement Restriction Act, that would limit the time an inmate could be placed in restrictive housing to ten days during any 180-day period and would allow the inmate out-of-cell
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) met to vote on the latest version of COVID-19 mitigation rules for K-12 schools. The committee voted 9-0 to suspend the rules and prevent them from going into effect. In response, State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) offered the
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