Ill State News

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) commends the Biden Administration for launching the America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge to conserve and restore America’s vital freshwater systems for future generations.   The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge: A Partnership to Conserve and Restore America’s Rivers, Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands sets a national goal to […]

LITCHFIELD – On April 20, 2024, at approximately 9:02 p.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a traffic crash south of Litchfield in Macoupin County involving an ISP trooper’s squad car hit by a motorist who failed to move over.   On the above date and time, an ISP squad car was parked and blocking a lane of traffic

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Museum’s groundbreaking Growing Up X exhibition earned two awards from the Illinois Association of Museums, the state’s top museum organization.   Growing Up X won an Award of Superior Achievement, the highest award given in the exhibits category, and the Innovation Award for the interactive rec room component of the exhibit.   Growing Up

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Members of the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus are calling attention to serious issues with a proposed funding formula for the state’s higher education system. The Senators held a press conference on April 18th to inform the public about the changes that could be coming to university funding.   “Our universities play a vital

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s (ILCC) Legal Division is pleased to announce that licensees now have the ability to pay ILCC fines and penalties online through MyTax Illinois. Previously, licensees had no method to pay fines or penalties online. Licensees who have been assessed a penalty via an Offer in Compromise, Post-Conference

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Energy is announcing $902,200 in grants to four recipients of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Programs (EECBG) awards from the first round of EECBG Program funding, while also opening a third EECBG Program funding opportunity for a total of $500,000.   The EECBG Program

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is hosting the state’s first infectious disease conference in nine years in Bloomington Tuesday and Wednesday.   The Emerging Stronger: 2024 Illinois Infectious Disease Conference is being held during IDPH’s 30 Days of Public Health  month-long celebration of the public health profession. As the first such conference since

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.8 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased +12,700 in March, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and released by IDES. The February revised unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, unchanged from the preliminary

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has announced Sigue Corp. will cease to provide money transmission services in Illinois, as the company can no longer responsibly serve customers due to its declining financial position. Illinois joins 38 other states, along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, in this consent order after