Ill State News

IDOT, ISP and law enforcement working overtime this New Year’s

SPRINGFIELD – As 2023 comes to a close, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and nearly 200 law enforcement agencies across the state are reminding the public they’ll be working overtime now through the beginning of the new year in an effort to keep roads safe for everyone.   “Getting behind the wheel after […]

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Illinois Department of Revenue provides taxpayers with tips to prepare for next year’s tax season

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is providing taxpayers with tips and alerting them to changes they may encounter when filing their 2023 state income taxes early next year.   “The 2023 tax filing season is just around the corner and we want to ensure taxpayers are prepared and have the necessary documents

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Illinois DCFS achieves re-accreditation through COA

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has announced that it has again achieved accreditation status becoming reaccredited by COA (formerly known as Council on accreditation), becoming one of only four state child welfare systems in the country to meet the council’s stringent performance standards. DCFS was one of the first

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IBHE awards $1.7 million in grants to Illinois institutions to address student homelessness

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) has awarded $1.7 million in End Student Housing Insecurity (ESHI) grants to 10 institutions of higher education in Illinois. The funds will be used to support ongoing work at each of the campuses to address systemic causes of homelessness and basic-needs insecurity among students. The state’s higher

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New laws taking effect January 1st expand leave rights

SPRINGFIELD – Two laws taking effect January 1st, 2024, will expand leave rights for workers whose lives were impacted by violence.   “In the wake of tragic loss, the last thing on an Illinoisan’s mind should be whether or not their job will still be there when they’re ready to return to work,” said Governor

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Illinois payroll jobs increase, unemployment rate up in November

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Thursday that the unemployment rate increased +0.1 percentage point to 4.7 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased +6,800 in November, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and released by IDES. The October revised unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, unchanged from

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Illinois AG, department file amicus brief urging Illinois Supreme Court to overturn flawed appellate court decision

CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) are urging the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court’s opinion barring employees of a Chicago manufacturing company from recovering overtime wages and penalty fees they argue should have been paid.   Raoul, along with the IDOL, filed an amicus

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Rebuilding Illinois in 2023: IDOT continued to remake, modernize transportation across the state

SPRINGFIELD – Under the leadership of Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, the Illinois Department of Transportation continued to modernize and revitalize transportation and mobility across the state in 2023. Fueled by Gov. Pritzker’s historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, the investments in highways, transit, railroads, airports, waterways and active transportation options

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Governor Pritzker announces federal recompete grant award progress for Illinois communities

CHICAGO— Governor JB Pritzker has announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has advanced the city of Decatur as a finalist for a grant to advance employment revitalization. The EDA also announced that the city of Springfield will receive planning dollars to develop a proposal for a similar award.   The Distressed

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