Study: Unemployment pays better than work for 68 percent of U.S. workers
For most unemployed workers, “sitting at home now pays better than returning to work,” the Foundation for Government Ability concluded.
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A year after doubling, Illinois’ gas tax to increase annually
From July 2019 to May 2020, Illinois drivers paid more than $2.15 billion, $1.24 billion more than the same time the year before.
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Stiffer penalties go into effect in Illinois for distracted driving
The new penalties extend to using cellphones, laptops, tablets and other hand-held electronic devices while driving,
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Chicago’s Police Superintendent: ‘We must keep violent offenders in jail longer’
“The American people (hardworking taxpayers) send you millions of dollars in federal funding each year to support public safety in Chicago,” Trump wrote. “In the absence of any modicum of leadership, however, these substantial sums of taxpayer money are not being turned into results, and the safety of your most vulnerable communities continues to deteriorate. These funds are in addition to those collected through your combined insatiable appetite to tax the people of Illinois and Chicago.”
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State Sen. Chapin Rose Pushes To Legalize Fireworks In Illinois, Again
Fireworks have been banned in Illinois since 1935 under what was dubbed the Fireworks Regulation Act.
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Freeport Rotary Club Awards Annual Scholarships
This year, 35 students qualified to apply for the Freeport Rotary Club Annual Scholarships by earning a 3.75 or above cumulative grade point average during their high school years.
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City Councilman And Councilman-Elect In New Jersey Charged With Election Fraud After Nearly 20% Of Mail-In Ballots Had Problems, Were Not Counted
All four men are charged with criminal conduct involving mail-in ballots during the election.
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Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices
“I don’t want to sound overdramatic here, but it seemed like a cover-up,” said Dr. Douglas Kwazneski, who practiced in Pasco County, Fla., from 2016 through earlier this year.
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Americans to get second stimulus check in August, Trump says
It’ll be very good, it’ll be very generous,” Trump told a Scripps reporter Monday.
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COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not
COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News April 29, 2020 Even before a
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Drinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many stay-at-home orders were put in place, according to Nielsen data, and online sales skyrocketed.
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IDNR Reminds Illinoisans To Leave Wandering Black Bear Alone
Mmore than 300 people gathered to watch, follow and harass the animal as it traveled through northwest Henderson County over Father’s Day weekend.
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Officials Provide Guidance For Return To In-Person Classes This Fall
State’s top doctor says Illinois could be in Phase 4 with restrictions ‘for quite a while’
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The Lockdowns Crushed Minority-Owned Businesses the Most
Meanwhile, corporations receive massive windfalls thanks to government ‘relief’ efforts.
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