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Lawmakers call for review of Goodwill’s state contracts after reports of disabled worker layoffs

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

State lawmakers are calling for a review of state contracts and funding awarded to Land of Lincoln Goodwill, a not-for-profit thrift store chain, after a news report revealed the company’s decision to lay off several disabled workers – a decision that will be reversed, according to a statement released Wednesday by the company’s CEO.

Secretary of state wants protection of undocumented immigrants made law

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Illinois’ secretary of state is pursuing legislation to codify the office’s long-held policy of not giving federal agencies full access to its database of driver’s license photographs as a means to identify someone’s legal status, a spokesperson said Monday. That initiative is one Jesse White has employed since 2013

Firearms dealers, state rifle association challenge new licensing law

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

A group of firearms dealers along with the Illinois State Rifle Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to overturn a new state law that imposes new, stringent requirements on firearms...

Chlorine levels to rise in many public water systems

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules met briefly Tuesday morning in Chicago and gave quick approval to drinking water regulations and horse racing/animal rights rules.

Governor calls on flood-affected residents to report damage

Monday, July 15, 2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is urging Illinoisans to report any damages caused by recent flooding to their county’s emergency management agencies in order to increase the likelihood of...

Audit: State’s technology department full of waste, unequipped to deal with disaster

Friday, July 12, 2019

In its first two years of existence, the state’s lead technology agency was not equipped to handle technology disasters, maintained servers and computers with inadequate or nonexistent...

State lawmakers who voted to reject pay raises violated the law, judge rules

Friday, July 12, 2019

Every lawmaker who served in the General Assembly between 2009 and 2018 might be entitled to back pay, a Cook County judge decided. Former governors and other state office holders might also...

State unemployment site back up after outage; crash tied to 3 percent loss of mainframe data storage

Thursday, July 11, 2019

The Illinois Department of Employment Security’s unemployment claim system is back online Thursday after a more than two-day outage rendered the system unable to distribute unemployment...

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Lawmakers call for review of Goodwill’s state contracts after reports of disabled worker layoffs

Secretary of state wants protection of undocumented immigrants made law

Firearms dealers, state rifle association challenge new licensing law

Chlorine levels to rise in many public water systems

Governor calls on flood-affected residents to report damage

Audit: State’s technology department full of waste, unequipped to deal with disaster

State lawmakers who voted to reject pay raises violated the law, judge rules

State unemployment site back up after outage; crash tied to 3 percent loss of mainframe data storage