This week’s news for Illinois farmers and rural dwellers includes more details on how farmers can apply for emergency relief funding under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program,…
Metro East casino tax losses top $2 million An ongoing statewide casino shutdown, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will likely cost the operators of Metro East gaming halls more than $35…
SPRINGFIELD – A major expansion of voting access for the 2020 general election is headed to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker after the Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure…
SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois reached a staggering 16.4 percent in April, the highest rate recorded since the modern system of tracking joblessness began in 1976,…
Some of Illinois’ 350 farmers markets will shutter during 2020, or postpone their openings indefinitely, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, most will carry on with new…
SPRINGFIELD – The Senate in the very early hours of Sunday morning (May 24) passed a budget package authorizing $42.8 billion in general revenue spending next year, although…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate on May 21 took the chamber’s last step in putting language for a graduated income tax constitutional amendment on the November general election…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday, May 20 that it plans to withdraw a controversial emergency rule that would have allowed for criminal charges…
