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Nurses on strike at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet will return to work Saturday morning as a four-day walkout for increased wages and higher staffing concludes. The strike was initially planned for two days by the Illinois Nurses’ Union. After a strike was announced, Ascension announced a four-day lockout of union nurses. Ascension has said in news releases that the hospital group is ...

With over 70,000 grandparents caring for more than 263-thousand children in Illinois, a new pilot program is d...

(The Center Square) – With over 70,000 grandparents caring for more than 263,000 children in Illinois, a new pilot program is designed to connect caregivers with the proper resources. After being signed into law Wednesd...