SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding job seekers and employers that, effective January 1, 2025, all job postings made by employers with 15 or more employees will need to include pay scale and benefit information. This amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (IL EPA) was contained in HB 3129, passed by the General […]
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DU QUOIN, IL – The Du Quoin State Fair announces TESLA will take the stage at the Du Quoin State Fair Grandstand on Thursday, August 28. “Our team is focused on bringing a variety of Grandstand acts to the Du Quoin State Fair, and we are excited to have TESLA as the first announcement of the 2025 lineup,” said
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CHICAGO – The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) issued a new casino owners’ license to Wind Creek IL LLC d/b/a Wind Creek Chicago Southland in Homewood and East Hazel Crest during today’s final meeting of 2024. Before the Board voted on licensure, representatives from the casino addressed the Board about their suitability for licensure providing highlights of
SPRINGFIELD – The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois released the following statement regarding Gov. JB Pritzker’s call for regulations on intoxicating hemp products: “A federal loophole has allowed for the proliferation of intoxicating hemp products such as Delta 8, which use potentially harmful chemicals to alter the composition of hemp to get consumers high. This
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold the fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022 to 23 years and eight months in prison. “I’m going to send a message to other drug dealers,”
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A man from Florida on Tuesday admitted stealing checks from mailboxes churches in Missouri and Illinois. Lourdes Mario Anton, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail. He admitted that on Oct. 3, 2024, he and a juvenile were caught on video stealing
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) would like to remind the public to report any large mortality events of waterfowl and other waterbirds during seasonal migrations. Several dozen waterbirds, primarily snow geese, have died of suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Randolph County
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Director James Jennings today announced a new funding opportunity to assist communities where there are currently no wastewater collection and/or treatment facilities. Illinois EPA is making $1 million available for grants through the Unsewered Communities Planning Grant Program, which will assist small and disadvantaged communities in developing
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Municipal League (IML), in partnership with the University of Illinois Springfield, has released Volume 9 of the Illinois Municipal Policy Journal. The academic journal addresses critical issues Illinois and its municipalities are facing. This volume of the Journal includes articles that address municipal fiscal distress, the role of pandemic relief funding, burnout among emergency
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – With the first snowfall landing across the region over Thanksgiving weekend, and chilling temperatures to accompany it, The Salvation Army’s Emergency and Disaster Services unit is gearing up at its Cold Weather Warming Sites and Shelters throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois. Warming Sites and Shelters are activated when a Cold Advisory is issued,
