SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) Acting Deputy Secretary and Deputy State Chief Information Officer Brandon Ragle was honored by StateScoop for his leadership and achievements in information technology for the second year in a row. The StateScoop 50 Awards, now in their eleventh year, honor the most influential people in the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Protect Illinois Hospitality today announced the addition of five new organizations joining the coalition of tipped workers, service operators, and local businesses who want to preserve the tip credit in Illinois. These new members include the Chicago Southland Black Chamber of Commerce, Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, McLean County Chamber of Commerce,
PEORIA, Ill. – They poured concrete to lay bricks. They built tiny buildings, repaired diesel engines, and raced the clock and each other to be the best at more than 150 events – and they just might have found their successful career path in the process. Students from Chicago’s northern suburbs to deep Southern Illinois arrived in
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.– Illinois is the 20th state to discover the Asian long horned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis). The tick, considered an invasive species, was found on April 12 during routine active tick surveillance in Morgan County as part of an Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) grant-funded active tick surveillance program. Additional surveillance in the area
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is raising awareness about the seriousness of the crime of arson during Arson Awareness Week (May 5-11). This year’s theme is Protecting Houses of Worship Against Arson. According to the United States Fire Administration (USFA), Each year from 2020 to 2022, an
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program (On-Site) will hold a joint training with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (US DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Lakeside Alliance Joint Venture in recognition of the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Lakeside Alliance is
Submitted article SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Representative David Friess (R-Redbud) strongly opposes SB 2412, a piece of legislation filed by House Democrats that makes significant changes to elections law in Illinois and impacts the 2024 ballot and elections. “This legislation represents a new level of political manipulation and power-grabbing by House Democrats,” Rep. Friess
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CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has issued 35 additional Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses to applicants from the Social Equity Criteria Lottery (SECL). Conducted in July 2023, all 35 applicants issued a conditional license met social equity criteria under the Social Equity Criteria Lottery’s
CHICAGO, Ill. – On Wednesday, May 1, dozens of members of the League of Women Voters of Illinois traveled to Springfield from all across the state to talk with their legislators and advocate in support of bills that promote economic and educational equity and protection of the environment. Instituting a state Child Tax Credit,
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CHICAGO – With weather warming up, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging the public to get educated about how to protect themselves from ticks and Lyme disease – an infection that sickens an estimated 500,000 people each year in the United States – at the start of National Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
