State expands farmer mental health initiatives
August 31, 2021Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II this week announced a grant award of $500,000 to increase farmer stress-related mental health initiatives statewide. The…
Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II this week announced a grant award of $500,000 to increase farmer stress-related mental health initiatives statewide. The…
Kris Petersen grew up at the airport. His parents, Scott and Sarah Petersen, started Pontiac Flying Service in 1997 and their young son was often in tow at the Livingston County facility….
Illinois First Lady invests in tomorrow’s ag leaders SPRINGFIELD — Let’s start our ISF Ag Day roundup with one of the final events of the day: the highly anticipated Sale of Champions….
Brian Dallam and Anthony Welty are playing the long game when it comes to their hopyard. Luckily, the cousins love a challenge. Since hop farms are relatively new to Illinois, their…
What student wouldn’t enjoy building a contraption to fling candy pumpkins? Exactly. That’s why Illinois Ag in the Classroom (IAITC) developed lesson plans to incorporate science,…
SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers gathered Tuesday, Aug. 17 at the University of Illinois Springfield to designate a new state microbe and add agriculture sciences to the list of courses that…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….