Chicago, Illinois – To increase regulatory compliance while reducing legal costs and regulatory burdens for licensed pharmacies, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has recently launched the Pharmacy Citation System Pilot Program. Under the new initiative, non-disciplinary citations will be issued for minor pharmacy infractions, such as...
Springfield, Illinois – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) urges people to prepare for severe weather. Contest will promote use of weather alert radios to receive warnings. With communities throughout Illinois still recovering from severe storms and record and near-record flooding in late December, IEMA is joining with the...
Champaign, Illinois — Everyone has a different mixture of personality traits: some are outgoing, some are tough and some are anxious. A new study suggests that brains also have different traits that affect both anatomical and cognitive factors, such as intelligence and memory.
The results are published in the journal...
CHICAGO – Today, iVote proudly announced that 62 candidates for the state legislature have pledged their support for Illinois Senate Bill 2134 which would enact automatic voter registration in the state. The full list, which includes both Republicans and Democrats, is below. iVote pledges to hold opponents accountable to their...
2015 was highest grossing year on record for Cook County lobbyists
The amount of money earned by lobbyists in Cook County reached “its highest reported level ever,” in 2015, according to Cook County Clerk David Orr.
The amount of money lobbyists were paid in 2015 – $2,947,086 – made 2015 the...
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers free business workshops every Wednesday and Friday at City Hall, 8th Floor. To register for a workshop call 312-744-2086. You also can register by emailing: [email protected]. Here is March Calendar:
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Governor Rauner proposed a state budget for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) that, while it increases funding for early childhood education and public schools, cuts higher education and fails to restore a number of human services such as the Teen REACH afterschool program and autism services that have been eliminated...
Today I veto Senate Bill 2043 from the 99th General Assembly, which would explode the State’s budget deficit, exacerbate the State’s cash flow crisis, and place further strain on social service providers and recipients who are already suffering from the State’s deficit spending. SB 2043 Would Exacerbate Our Budget...
Chicago Film Archives is pleased to announce that we are the recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. This award recognizes exceptional nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated creativity and impact. Its purpose is to invest in long term sustainability with a one-time sizable grant.
Chicago Film...
Springfield – The time is now for legislators and the governor to find a solution for the stalemate over higher education funding as colleges and universities face a growing crisis in its eighth month, a statewide coalition announced on Monday.
Local members of the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher...
