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Rauner Administration Seeks to Rid State Government of Illegal Hires Made Under Previous Administration
The Rauner Administration this week filed a motion to deny employees hired illegally by the previous administration the protection of a collective bargaining agreement. The motion continues the Rauner Administration’s commitment to reforming the patronage mess it inherited. As the Special Master...
Illinois Treasurer Frerichs Announces Financial Literacy Partnership with Econ Illinois
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs today announced a partnership with Econ Illinois to help improve financial literacy among Illinois students. The announcement was made during Money Smart Week at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. “We are excited to partner with Econ Illinois to promote Illinois’...
‘Base ball’ comes to Lewis and Clark site on May 6
Underhand pitching? Strikers? Pitchers 45 feet from home? What game is this?It’s vintage “base ball” as played 150 years ago, and the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site will host a game Saturday, May 6, at 10 a.m.
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site plans festivities for anniversary of explorers’ journey
The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site will celebrate the start of the explorers’ famous journey with three days of special events, including unique educational activities for children and a free festival for people of all ages.More than 800 fourth-graders will...
Illinois Awarded $16 Million Grant to Fight Opioid Crisis
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) was awarded a federal grant for over $16 million to fight Illinois’ opioid crisis. The grant is funded through the 21st Century Cures Act which includes an estimated $1 billion to states over the next two years...
SUNFEST TO BE HOSTED AT WVC APRIL 28
A big event is coming to Wabash Valley College, and it is “Sunfest” which will be held on the WVC campus on April 28, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. This is a student-built event that is FREE! Local bands will be competing...
Native storyteller at Cahokia Mounds
Storyteller Dovie Thomason will share Native American folk tales and her own stories of Indian culture and history May 6 at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.Thomason’s storytelling is filled with ancestral wisdom and traditional indigenous tales from her Lakota and Plains...
Frerichs Proposal to Compel Life Insurance Companies to Pay Death Benefits Dating Back to 1996 Passes Illinois House
Legislation requiring life insurance companies to look back to 1996 to identify policy holders who have died and the benefits have not been claimed or paid to their loved ones passed the Illinois House today, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said. The Illinois House passed the...
