Ill State News

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 […]

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

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 House Speaker Chris Welch announced the creation of a new House working group designed to look more closely at the Illinois’ public transit system and provide recommendations on how it can better serve the communities that rely on it.  13 House members were named to the group, and every one of those named

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’

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

DU QUOIN, IL – The Du Quoin State Fair celebrates Illinois agriculture – the state’s number one industry – and there’s no better way to experience it than with a visit to the 2024 Illinois Product Expo. “The Illinois Product Expo connects buyers with farmers and producers and allows the community to learn more about

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The State Treasurer’s Office made a record $1.495 billion in investment earnings from the state investment portfolio during Fiscal Year 2024, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today. Treasurer Frerichs is the state’s Chief Investment and Banking Officer. He is responsible for investing state revenue in the state investment portfolio. “We have made common-sense

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from a devastating tick-borne cattle disease known as bovine anaplasmosis. The research is vital to the state’s economy as it aims to protect Missouri’s $1.6 billion cattle industry.   Photo by Abbie Lankitus Bovine anaplasmosis — which

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Labor Day holiday to minimize travel disruption. Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2. The public can expect delays and should allow extra