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Illinois’ $4K electric vehicle rebate returns in 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois will offer residents a $4,000 rebate on the purchase of an electric vehicle, beginning in 2025. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will also give a rebate of $1,500 off the purchase on an electric motorcycle. The Illinois General Assembly appropriated $14 million for the rebate program, which opens in mid-January, […]
Three Generations of Black Women Lead ‘Chicago Integrated Health’, A New Wellness Center in Matteson
Chicago Integrated Health, the latest Black-owned wellness center and medical practice in Matteson, Illinois, is breaking new ground under the leadership of three generations of Black women. Founder and CEO Iris Patterson, 43, is joined by her mother, 60-year-old Lauren White, and her daughter, 26-year-old Teylor Johnson, in managing the...
Pritzker signs an executive order, creates new agency position
Ill. (WTVO) — Governor J.B. Pritzker is looking to address the needs of aging Illinoisians. To start the decades-long process of providing those needs, Pritzker signed an executive order to hire a Chief Planning Officer for the Illinois Department of Aging. A fourth of the Illinois population is expected to be 60 or older by […]
Corteva, Pioneer Hi-Bred settle lawsuit with farmworkers sprayed with pesticides
A group of migrant agricultural workers who were sprayed with pesticides while working in a central Illinois cornfield in 2019 reached a confidential settlement late last month with Corteva and its subsidiary, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, ending a three-year lawsuit with the seed giants. The case against the companies that owned and operated the aircrafts that sprayed the workers is ongoing.
Franciscan Health Dyer, Munster donate school supplies, cereal for Catholic school children
Local Catholic school students needing a little help with school supplies are getting a boost to start the school year off right thanks to a generous donation from Franciscan Health Dyer and Franciscan Health Munster. The Mission Committee of the two hospitals hosted a school supply and cereal drive in...
'The light of our lives' | A glimpse into the life of Grace Bentkowski
MUNCIE, Ind. — On July 25, Ball State graduate Grace Bentkowski was killed by a train at the Hegewisch Station in Chicago on her way back to her Indiana home. Her friends and family are calling for improved safety and remembering a woman they called "the light of our lives."
Chiefs’ Chris Jones offers to pay $1.5M for chicken wings woman stole from south suburban school
HARVEY, Ill. — A south suburban school worker convicted for stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings from the school district is getting some love from a NFL star. Vera Liddell is serving nine years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to stealing $1.5 million worth of food, mainly chicken wings. She was the food service director […]
Rising unemployment and a volatile stock market raising concerns about the economy
(The Center Square) – With rising unemployment in Illinois and the rest of the country, the “R” word has reared its ugly head and that is recession. For much of the year, it appeared the Federal Reserve had successfully navigated the task of tempering the highest inflation in decades while keeping the economy from sinking into a recession. While some say the Fed waited too long to cut interest rates,...
OIG: Former EEC commissioner wrongly sent millions to Illinois consulting firm
Samantha Aigner-Treworgy worked with Illinois company Aim and Arrow in her role as Chicago’s Chief of Early Learning before heading the EEC for the Bay State and sending the firm over $2.1 million for strategic planning purposes.
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