Springfield – In observance of National Hunting and Fishing Day on September 24, Governor Bruce Rauner has directed the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to take steps to make participation in hunting and fishing more accessible for current and future generations.
The Governor’s vision is to make IDNR’s Hunter...
Pressures to maintain a facade of a perfect family and other values associated with the “culture of affluence” discourage some affluent women from leaving violent spouses or disclosing that they are being abused, a new study suggests.
The culture of affluence – which emphasizes materialism, perfectionism and social status –...
The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are actively monitoring residents at the Veterans’ Home in LaSalle in light of recent cases of respiratory illness. Over the past several months, three people in LaSalle County, including one Home resident, have tested...
Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is announcing that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $17.5 million grant for noise mitigation measures around Midway Airport.
“While Midway has certainly provided many economic benefits to surrounding communities and the entire region, I know firsthand that issues such as...
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced a joint effort to enhance the delivery of services for IDOC offenders who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. The two state agencies entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on September 7th,...
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White is urging students in grades 4 through 12 to enter the 2017 “Letters About Literature” contest — a national reading and writing competition funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Library of Congress through the Secretary of State’s Illinois...
Fellow Illinoisans, during the state work period this summer, I had the opportunity to hear from constituents across Illinois and see the progress being made to improve our state.
Combating the Zika Virus
I started my summer state work period in Urbana, where I heard from local public health officials, doctors,...
With concern rising about North Korea’s nuclear test yesterday, a majority of the American public—60 percent—continue to cite North Korea’s nuclear program as a critical threat to the United States, according to new polling data from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
This is an increase of five percentage...
The Northeastern Illinois University Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Polish and European Academic Center for Exchange & Research will host the Kosciuszko Foundation (KF) Lecture, “News from the Regenerative Medicine,” by KF fellow Anna Domaszewska-Szostek of the Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish...
Chicago – The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state’s college access and financial aid agency, will receive the Center for Digital Government’s 2016 Digital Government Achievement Award (DGAA) for the ISAC Student Portal, a free online resource designed to help Illinois students with college and financial aid planning.
The...
