The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service has allocated over $544,000 to Illinois under the Fiscal Year 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. This funding aims to boost the competitiveness of specialty crop products and open new market opportunities for producers in the state.
The Illinois State Board of Education sent us the following documents in response to our questions on the FBI search of District 95 Superintendent Jeremy Larson’s home earlier this week.
A property tax equalization factor of 2.9237 for Cook County for the year 2022 has been announced by the Illinois Department of Revenue. This factor, commonly referred to as the multiplier, is calculated by the Department to ensure uniform property assessment across the state.
In a move to reduce what they sees as undue influence in state politics, the Illinois Freedom Caucus is calling on the Illinois Republican Party to enact a rule prohibiting campaign contributions from teachers’ unions.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today reached a proposed consent order with Amgen Inc., one of the world’s largest biopharmaceutical drug companies, to address the potential competitive harm that would result from Amgen’s $27.8 billion purchase of Horizon Therapeutics plc. As part of the nationwide settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and five other state attorneys general, the settlement will also dismiss the related federal court preliminary injunction action.
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder of the Senate’s first Environmental Justice Caucus, today announced that $3.5 million she secured through a Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Request will be sent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the City of Harvey for its Central Area Water and Sewer Improvement Project. This Duckworth-secured federal funding will increase Harvey’s financial capacity to implement long-overdue water infrastructure upgrades to help address chronic flooding and reduce resource costs for breaks and leaks repairs, while also helping provide higher quality drinking water to residents.
In Letter To Secretary Of State, Senators Write: “The Venezuelan People Cannot Afford To See Another Fraudulent Election, Which Will Only Bring Further Suffering To Their Nation And Foment Greater Instability In The Americas.”