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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced the start of the 2024 Healthy Illinois Survey, a statewide effort to compile essential data on the current state of health and wellness and areas where public health can be improved. Under Illinois law, IDPH is required to administer an annual survey to obtain
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – At the request of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), four Illinois State Police (ISP) personnel recently deployed to the West Africa Regional Training Center in Accra, Ghana to provide Domestic and Gender Based Violence (DGBV) investigation training. The training is part of
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.— The Southern Illinois University System Board of Trustees and the Student Advisory Committee for the SIU System (SACSS) are honoring some outstanding students with the 2024 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award. Eight students from SIU campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville and Springfield were recently honored at the SIU board meeting that was held
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois youth turkey hunters harvested a preliminary total of 2,006 birds during the 2024 youth turkey season, breaking the previous harvest record of 1,733 set in 2020. Randolph County youth led the state with the number of turkeys harvested at 71, compared to 48 last year. Other counties in the top five
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ affordable housing shortages have reached crisis levels in Chicago and other communities, fueling needed public policy discussions about short-term and long-term solutions. State legislators and housing advocates say one important piece of the puzzle is the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit, and they have a new, influential ally in organized labor. The Illinois Housing
EAST MOLINE – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 2 officials announce the arrest of 33-year-old Jerrico J. Lessard of Woodhull, Ill. for four counts of Nonconsensual Dissemination of a Sexual Image (Class 4 Felony). On January 8th, 2024, ISP was contacted by officials from the Henry County Sheriff’s Department regarding a complaint against
