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Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increases

By Andrew Adams
Dec 20, 2024 9:11 pm - Editor’s note: This story was changed to reflect the correct amount approved for Ameren. Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrad...
Why Illinois lawmakers might change pension benefits for some employees

By Ben Szalinski
Dec 20, 2024 1:56 pm - Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield in January.
Deer Park considering grocery tax

Daily Herald Report
Dec 17, 2024 3:39 pm - Deer Park could be the next suburb to approve a 1% tax on grocery-store purchases.
As budget tightens, report finds Illinois better prepared for recession than in recent past

By Ben Szalinski
Dec 11, 2024 10:00 am - State lawmakers will face a projected budget deficit and slowing revenue when they return to Springfield in January, but a new report shows fiscal decisions made in recent years have put Illinois in a better position to handle a recession than in recent decades.
State rep worker falls ill after opening suspicious mail

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 10, 2024 9:12 am - Staffer hospitalized after opening suspicious mail at state Rep. Barbara Hernandez's office in Aurora; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating potential hazardous materials.
Cutting through the noise in 2025 to work for small businesses

By Elliot Richardson
Dec 08, 2024 6:30 am - The small business community needs a common sense, meaningful, and robust agenda in 2025. Elliot Richardson says the Small Business Advocacy Council will deliver.
Illinois rolls out first phase of plan to modernize professional licensing

By Nicole Jeanine Johnson and Medill Illinois News
Dec 04, 2024 9:50 am - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation launched a new online licensing system this fall, the first phase in a plan to modernize the management and licensing process for service providers across the state.
McLaughlin retains 52nd District House seat by 47 votes over challenger Peterson

By Eric Peterson
Dec 03, 2024 5:44 pm - Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills has retained his 52nd District seat for a third term by a 47-vote margin, according to results certified by the Illinois State Board of Elections Monday.
‘Ready to go’: Long-delayed Harper College project finally breaks ground

By Christopher Placek
Nov 23, 2024 12:30 pm - Delayed by a historic state budget stalemate and the pandemic, a building project decades in the making finally has broken ground at Harper College in Palatine.
Bill to phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers clears General Assembly

By BEN SZALINSKI
Nov 21, 2024 6:53 pm - A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after being approved by the Senate on Thursday.

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