SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed the month of April as Innovation and Technology Month in Illinois, underscoring the significance of IT and the dedicated efforts to establish the state as a thriving innovation and technology hub, delivering statewide services to agencies, boards, commissions, and residents. “Illinois has long been on the forefront of […]
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SPRINGIFIELD – Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Introduces Cookie Share Match Extension and Season Extension. By extending the sale of Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scouts will double the impact for Ozark Food Harvest. Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland is excited to announce the extension of the Girl Scout Cookie season through
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SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Fair has announced that two-time GRAMMY award-winning The Smashing Pumpkins will headline the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Friday, August 16. The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most iconic, iconoclastic and influential bands of all time, shaping alternative music and culture. Since forming in Chicago during 1988, the group have sold over 30 million albums
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is accepting project proposals from Illinois college and university students for the Paul Simon Democracy Prize. Three $5,000 prizes will be awarded this spring to current Illinois college or university students for exceptional proposals to revitalize democracy in their communities.
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CHICAGO—Governor JB Pritzker has announced that Illinois was ranked #1 among 50 states and the District of Columbia for energy democracy and utility accountability, according to the Institute for Local Self Reliance. The study scored state policies on clean energy action, holding utility companies accountable, protecting ratepayers, and other measures that support locally owned clean energy.
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CHICAGO – Illinois’ overall respiratory virus level has dropped to Low in recent weeks and all counties in Illinois are now at Low level for COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since October, CDC data indicates as of the week ending March 23. The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois declined 20% during the
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CHICAGO – Join the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Prevent Child Abuse Illinois, Hospital Sisters Health System, the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children, elected officials, child welfare stakeholders and more for a month-long observance to share child abuse and neglect prevention awareness messages and promote prevention efforts during Child Abuse Prevention Month in
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CHICAGO – Chicago’s Adler Planetarium is sending its outreach team back on the road to communities across Southern Illinois in preparation for the Monday, April 8, total solar eclipse! Hunter Miller, an astronomy educator with the Adler Planetarium will be my guest in Focus during the Noon Report and the 5 p.m. Report
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SAINT CHARLES — The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) celebrated the grand opening of a newly repurposed secure youth facility today that will specialize in vocational, career, educational, and life skills development opportunities for high school graduates ages 17-20 who are in the custody of IDJJ. The purpose of the Phoenix Emerging Adults Career & Education
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) continues to update and modernize the public-facing processes in each of its divisions. As part of these upgrades, the ILCC is rolling out a new scheduling feature for the ILCC Legal Division. We are happy to announce that liquor licensees in the State of Illinois can now
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