Pritzker Considering New Rules To Enforce Statewide COVID-19 Orders
Pritzker said he’s considering what rules his administration could put in place to have state penalties for violations of his executive orders.
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Exelon CEO says ComEd scandal puts future of Illinois nuclear plants in question
Critics of the plan to offer Exelon a state-based market to sell its energy contend that it amounts to another subsidy that would result in higher rates for consumers.
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Highland Community College Awarded Adult Literacy Grant
With this grant, adult education students are able to increase their reading, writing, math, or English-language skills.
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Runaway Fraud Plagues The Massive Unemployment Program Congress Is About To Extend, Report Finds
Fraud, incompetence, and inefficiency are a feature, not a bug, of government agencies and state-run systems.
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Vandalism Is Violence: Destructive Riots Are Not ‘Just Property Damage’
Chaos is consuming Portland, Oregon. Local police declared a riot on Saturday evening after rioters once again tried to burn
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Health Officials Urge Illinoisans To Prepare For Flu Season Amid Pandemic
During most flu seasons, which typically runs from October through May, between 10 and 20 percent of the population is infected with influenza viruses.
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More than $300 million in legal weed sold in Illinois so far this year
For July, there were more than 1.2 million cannabis items sold worth $44.7 million for in-state residents and $16.2 million sold to out-of-state residents.
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Pritzker Unveils COVID-19 Campaign To Encourage Use Of Face Masks
A $5 million campaign to encourage Illinois residents to wear a face covering in public
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HCC Foundation Announces 2020-2021 Scholarship Recipients
Highland distributed approximately $200,000 to Highland students for the 2020-21 academic year with more than 1,284 applications.
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Pritzker Loses Another Court Challenge, State Must Take Prisoners From Counties
The Illinois Department of Corrections must accept an inmate within 14 days of a transfer, but Pritzker’s order struck that language for the duration of his emergency orders.
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Op-Ed: The cost of silence by the silent majority
In politics, “silence is not golden” and the “meek shall not inherit anything.”
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On The Agenda At August 3 Freeport City Council Meeting
NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Freeport
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Illinois State Police Show Black Lives Matter Group Use Of Force Simulator At Springfield Academy
MILO, at the training academy provides a simulated experience playing 4K video on a 180-degree wraparound screen.
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Experts In Illinois Politics, Public Corruption Predict ‘Chaos’ If Madigan Exits
Speaker says he has no plans to resign
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An Exercise In Race – Becoming A “White” Conservative
Let’s Face It, He’s White Too.
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