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5 Things To Know About Your Rights As a Day Laborer in Illinois
Dozens of South American day laborers, mostly from Venezuela, wait for work in the parking lot of Home Depot in the 4500 block of S Western Blvd on Monday, July 8, 2024. Like all workers, day laborers have the same legal protections as other American workers, regardless of immigration status, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
COLUMN: The Heartbreak of Injustice, Remembering Sonya Massey
On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old mother known for her boundless love, was brutally taken from us. Her life was extinguished in an act of violence that defies understanding—shot in the face by an Illinois police officer. The details of her death are gruesome: a bullet entered her left eye and exited through her neck killing Ms. Massey.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says it would be ‘near impossible’ to get Bears stadium deal done this fall
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday said there is almost no chance that a deal will get done this year on a taxpayer-funded stadium for the Chicago Bears, especially since the team has yet to make a proposal that the governor thinks would be acceptable to lawmakers. “I made it clear to the Bears leadership that it would be near impossible to get anything done — if there was a proposal put on the ...
Bloomington-Normal NAACP calling Sonya Massey’s death gruesome
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL – Leaders at the Bloomington-Normal National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called Sonya Massey’s death “senseless and gruesome.”. Massey was killed in her Springfield, Illinois, home after being shot by former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson earlier this month. Leaders at the Bloomington-Normal...
Training camp begins for Illinois football
(WCIA) — Exactly one month before opening up the 2024 season, Illinois football got to work under the lights. “I think the use of what we do on gameday is gonna be incredibly impactful for what we’re ready to do on gameday itself against Eastern Illinois,” said head coach Bret Bielema. Training camp officially began […]
2-year-old Champaign boy dies in ‘apparent drowning’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Coroner has announced the death of a two-year-old Champaign boy in what he called “an apparent drowning” on Monday. Coroner Stephen Thuney said the child was reportedly separated from his mother around 3 p.m. 17 minutes later, he was found by a family member in a pond near […]
Amid dorm shortage, local universities offer students a payout to give up assigned housing
Unexpectedly large numbers of students opting to live in dorms and university housing this year has prompted local schools, including the University of Illinois and Purdue, to make changes — less than one month before classes begin.