State education board to seek $653M increase in upcoming budget year

January 24, 2024 / Comments Off on State education board to seek $653M increase in upcoming budget year

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education endorsed a budget request Wednesday that includes a $653 million…

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Capitol Briefs: State reports COVID-19 outbreak at veterans home, gets mixed review for tobacco policies

January 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: State reports COVID-19 outbreak at veterans home, gets mixed review for tobacco policies

By JENNIFER FULLER & COLE LONGCOR [email protected] Health experts warn respiratory illnesses are still circulating, even as numbers trend down after a brief post-holiday surge.…

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Back wages totaling more than $5 million owed to thousands of Illinois workers

January 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Back wages totaling more than $5 million owed to thousands of Illinois workers

By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The U.S. Department of Labor is currently holding more than $5 million in wages owed to more than…

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Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers look to ban food additives; state announces DCFS investment

January 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers look to ban food additives; state announces DCFS investment

By COLE LONGCOR & ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban five food additives in the state…

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Pritzker touts climate investments despite renewables lagging state goals

January 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker touts climate investments despite renewables lagging state goals

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Boston-based Nexamp, a major player in the solar energy industry, is joining the growing list of…

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Back wages totaling more than $5 million owed to thousands of Illinois workers

January 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Back wages totaling more than $5 million owed to thousands of Illinois workers

By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The U.S. Department of Labor is currently holding more than $5 million in wages owed to more than…

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Staffing agencies not exempted from antitrust law, state Supreme Court rules

January 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Staffing agencies not exempted from antitrust law, state Supreme Court rules

By Hannah Meisel CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS [email protected] Staffing agencies – a fast-growing industry that employs nearly a million Illinoisans – are not exempt from the…

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Manhattan Transfer Complete, Eastern Ave. Now Open

January 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Manhattan Transfer Complete, Eastern Ave. Now Open

By Stephanie Irvine Eastern Avenue is now open. Construction on the highly anticipated third thoroughfare between Manhattan and New Lenox was completed in November 2023,…

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Woodman’s Food Market Proposes Store in Plainfield

January 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Woodman’s Food Market Proposes Store in Plainfield

Woodman’s Food Market has submitted plans to construct a 240,000 square foot store at the northeast corner of 119th Street and IL Route 59 in…

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State Supreme Court upholds downstate police, firefighter pension consolidation

January 19, 2024 / Comments Off on State Supreme Court upholds downstate police, firefighter pension consolidation

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a 2019 law that consolidated nearly 650 municipal…

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