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From DuPage Policy Journal

Only 3 other states, District of Columbia have $15 minimum wage

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.

Agriculture department 'doing all we can' to make industrial hemp a reality in 2019

By Kyla Asbury | Feb 8, 2019

The Illinois Department of Agriculture held a hearing for public comment Tuesday regarding proposed rules for industrial hemp

Flawed government practices make Illinois and Chicago 'outliers,' says policy institute director

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 8, 2019

Austin Berg wants Chicago-area residents to fully understand the depths to which he thinks local government has fallen

ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Launches New Initiative to Attract Bond Investors in 2019

By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2019

New investor relations website seeks to increase investor demand for IHDA’s municipal bonds

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2019

Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Pritzker Applauds Senate Passage of $15 Minimum Wage

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2019

Following the Senate passage of SB 1 which raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Gov. Pritzker joined legislators to celebrate this vital step in lifting up Illinois working families.

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Pentatonix returns to Illinois State Fair with special guest Rachel Platten

By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2019

A Capella group takes Grandstand stage for second time in three years

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Illinois EPA Refers GFL Environmental (Future Environmental) to Attorney General for Enforcement

By Press release submission | Feb 6, 2019

Agency Cites Large Release of Used Oil

REEDER: I would be betraying my hometown if I bought something made in another country

By Scott Reeder | Feb 5, 2019

“I want a “smart refrigerator,” Daddy.”

Illinois House Democrats the only legislative caucus without leadership term limits

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 5, 2019

Aaron DeGroot laments Democrats in Springfield are far from being in the minority in at least one way.

Illinois State Rifle Association wary of new legislature

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 2, 2019

Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA), is calling upon its members to keep abreast of what is happening in Springfield.

NFIB does not support $15 minimum wage hike

By Kyla Asbury | Feb 2, 2019

Illinois members of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) do not support a statewide minimum wage hike to $15 per hour.

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Pritzker Takes Executive Action to Strengthen State's Commitment to Ending HIV Epidemic

By Press release submission | Feb 1, 2019

Surrounded by health care providers and HIV prevention advocates at the Winnebago County Health Department, Governor JB Pritzker took executive action strengthening the state's commitment to ending the HIV epidemic that has affected nearly 40,000 Illinois residents.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Illinois EPA and IEMA Aid Effort to Help Control Ice Jams on Kankakee River

By Press release submission | Feb 1, 2019

Cooling Pond Water from the Dresden Nuclear Power Station to be Discharged in Kankakee River

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Sober drivers are the real MVPs

By Press release submission | Feb 1, 2019

Increased law enforcement details over Super Bowl weekend