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When a child’s lemonade stand was targeted by government regulators, the 11-year-old entrepreneur fought back. Now Illinois is about to bar government from interfering with a child’s right to sell cold summer drinks.

Secretary of State opens ‘long-term temporary’ driver services facility at Prairie State College May 12, 2021 - 21:47 0 comments Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld fist bumps Jesse White following a conversation at the ribbon cutting. (Bill Jones/H-F Chronicle) Drivers in the Homewood-Flossmoor area who need in-person driver services will no longer have to travel quite as far as they have for nearly a year since the Chicago Heights Secretary of State facility was rendered inoperable by a fire....

Google Maps A temporary driver services center will open Monday at Prairie State College nearly a year after the permanent Chicago Heights facility closed. “This is an important first step toward bringing much-needed services back to the residents of Chicago Heights and surrounding communities,” state Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, said in a news release. “The next step will be to get the construction completed on the permanent Chicago Heights facility on 209 th Street. But unti...

By Raymon Troncoso Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Members of an Illinois Senate committee sparred with officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration Friday in a hearing on tax changes proposed by the governor in an effort to balance the state’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The Senate Revenue and Appropriations committees held the joint hearing, questioning the directors of the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget among others. In ...

Republicans challenge Pritzker tax-change proposal RAYMON TRONCOSO Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Members of an Illinois Senate committee sparred with officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration Friday in a hearing on tax changes proposed by the governor in an effort to balance the state’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The Senate Revenue and Appropriations committees held the joint hearing, questioning the directors of the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Governor’s O...

By Raymon Troncoso & Capitol News Illinois • 7 hours ago Members of an Illinois Senate committee sparred with officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration Friday in a hearing on tax changes proposed by the governor in an effort to balance the state’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The Senate Revenue and Appropriations committees held the joint hearing, questioning the directors of the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget...

Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township Leaders are pushing for a new pipeline, opposed by some, in what once was called the largest Black farming community in the Northern U.S. By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times April 23, 2021 Johari Cole-Kweli feeds her chickens on her farm, Iyabo Farms, in Pembroke Township, Illinois on April 21, 2021. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Related Five years ago, the mayor of Hopkins Park, a Black, rural community in Kan...

Pat Nabong / Sun-Times A few years ago, when Mark Hodge argued that bringing an immigration detention center to Hopkins Park, the Black, rural Kankakee County community he serves as mayor, would be good for the economy, people who live there said: No, thanks. Now, Hodge is making a new development push for his town and the surrounding, historic farming community of Pembroke Township south of Chicago. He’s backing a proposal for a natural gas pipeline built by the utility Nicor that would run...

Op-Ed: On the Need for Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines State Senator Patrick Joyce. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Sen. Patrick Joyce th State Senate District ENEWSPF- One thing is on my constituents’ minds these days, besides this recent cold snap: When can I and my loved ones get the COVID-19 vaccine? There are no easy answers to that question right now. But rest assured, we are demanding answers. I was part of a long Illinois Senate committee hearing earlier this month where we brought in the Governo...

/ MyRadioLink.com For Immediate Release – March 8, 2021 Pritzker Administration Announces 13 Illinois Communities to Receive Housing Rehabilitation Grants SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced the recipients of the 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Housing Rehabilitation.  Through the program, DCEO will award $6.8 million in assistance for communities to invest in over 135 housing improvement projects.  For communi...