Freeport Mayor Issues Statement Regarding County Board Member Conduct
“Such a clause would discount any sexual harassment a woman may face”, Mayor Miller said.
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GAO: Through CARES Act, Treasury Department sent nearly $1.4 billion to dead people
People filing for unemployment insurance benefits may have also been receiving funding through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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After filing lawsuits challenging Pritzker in multiple counties, attorney takes aim at county officials who enforce COVID-19 orders
While DeVore’s lawsuits are targeting the governor, he said he’ll sue local officials in Sangamon County and elsewhere if it comes to it.
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Lawmakers Reconsider ComEd Legislation After Patronage Scandal
Both sides of the political aisle are demanding that tax breaks such as the Future Energy Jobs Act and legislative permission to raise rates be reconsidered.
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Highland Announces Luke Norman New Head Coach Men’s Basketball
Luke replaces Chad Boudreau who accepted the associate head coaching position at Western Illinois University this Spring.
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FSD 145 Board Approves Plan To Reopen School For Fall Semester 2020-21
The plan to reopen school for the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year.
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Wisconsin Reports Record Number Of Negative Coronavirus Tests, Hospitalizations Plummet
Overall, Wisconsin’s daily positive-test rate fell on Wednesday, down 4.8 percent.
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Stephenson County Board Member Removed From Leadership Positions Over “Reprehensible” Comments
“all our employees should be treated with dignity”, Board Chairman William N. Hadley said.
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New Party, Independent Candidates File For November Ballot Access With Lower Signature Threshold
The change came from after lawsuit filed by the Libertarian Party of Illinois that challenged signature requirements during a global pandemic and stay-at-home orders.
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Report Indicates 150 Federal Officers To Deploy In Chicago This Week
Trump said the Democratic leaders in places like Chicago don’t want federal help because “they’re afraid” of the violent mobs.
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Illinois lawmakers call for Madigan to resign
“Speaker Madigan needs to ‘speak’ up on this issue, and if the allegations are true, he needs to resign immediately”, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin said.
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If Madigan Allegations True, Pritzker Says Speaker ‘Has To Resign’
ComEd had admitted that its efforts to influence the speaker began in 2011 and continued through 2019. In that time, ComEd benefited from legislation that U.S. Attorney John Lausch said had a considerable impact on the company’s profitability and affected rates ComEd was able to charge customers.
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ComEd Hit With Criminal Charges, Feds Implicate Madigan
ComEd will pay $200 million to end a federal criminal investigation into a years-long bribery scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Friday.
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Pritzker Issues Stern Warning To School Districts Over Safety Guidelines
The governor said school districts that don’t follow state public health guidance could face lawsuits and other liabilities.
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Pritzker Says He’ll Close Bars, Restaurants If COVID-19 Cases Rise Too High
Pritzker wouldn’t answer questions about how much of an increase in daily COVID-19 cases it would take before he took action.
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