Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid ‘untenable’ pace of migrant arrivals
Buses from Texas accelerate as Illinois counts 15,000 new arrivals in 13 months.
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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Federal agencies would cease all actions deemed nonessential, and many of the federal government’s roughly 2 million employees, as well as 2 million active-duty military troops and reservists, wouldn’t be paid.
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Biden administration responds to calls from Pritzker, other leaders, for help in migrant crisis
Homeland Security will expedite work authorizations among other actions.
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Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union’s history
The United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis simultaneously for the first time in its 88-year history.
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Battery manufacturing plant coming to Illinois – with $530M incentive deal
Lithium-ion plant in Manteno part of state’s ongoing effort to court electric vehicle manufacturing.
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Once again, Piatt County considers an application for a wind farm
Zoning hearings are underway in Piatt County on a new wind farm proposal, six months after the Piatt County Board rejected a similar proposal from the same company.
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Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
Business executives float easier work permit process as solution to ongoing worker shortage.
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Cairo port project gets additional funding, but construction timeline still uncertain
Long-delayed project moving forward under new leadership.
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State to put $20 million toward grants for grocers, research into food insecurity
New law aims to alleviate ‘food deserts’ throughout the state.
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Piatt County to start wind farm zoning hearings on August 28.
The Piatt County Zoning Board has scheduled its first hearing on a new wind farm proposal from Apex Clean Energy for Monday, August 28 at the Monticello Community Center.
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Starting next year, child influencers can sue if earnings aren’t set aside, says new Illinois law
Brand deals featuring the internet’s darlings can reap tens of thousands of dollars per video. But so far there are minimal regulations for the “sharenthood” industry, which experts say can cause serious harm to children.
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Gov. Pritzker vetoes bill that would have allowed new nuclear construction
The bill earned more votes than the three-fifths majority needed to override
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No better place: Wind and solar company opens training site in Bloomington
New hires for the company at any of its renewable energy sites across the United States and Canada will now come to Bloomington for two weeks of training.
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State watchdog investigating employees accused of bilking federal pandemic aid program
Nationwide, about 17% of $1.2 trillion in small business pandemic relief grants were fraudulent
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State driver services facilities to require appointments in more than 40 locations
Facilities will operate Monday through Friday across Illinois; 16 locations to have Saturday hours
