Category Archives: Local News

Lake Land College is offering a Grant Writing 102 course that will go deeper into the basics of grant research and application writing. The two-day course will cover best practices for finding grants ...

(Washington, DC) -- The House is passing a bill to avoid a government shutdown that includes five-billion-dollars in funding for a border wall. The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, which ...

For Immediate Release Governor signs bill creating school design-build pilot program CHICAGO - Gov. Bruce Rauner signed HB 5593 today, establishing a pilot program for school districts to use the desi...

Trump Signs Sweeping Farm Bill (Washington, DC) -- President Trump has put his signature on a sweeping farm bill. The measure provides billions of dollars in agricultural subsidies. Many farmers and r...

For Immediate Release Heightened holiday enforcement aims to save lives SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local law enforcement agencies are...

For Immediate Release Illinois Payrolls Up in Most Industries from Prior Year CHICAGO-The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate remained at 4.2 p...

Ryan: Trump Will Not Sign Short-Term Spending Bill (Washington, DC) -- Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Trump will not sign a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial gover...

For Immediate Release Cahokia Mounds Museum Society Awarded $100,000 Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities COLLINSVILLE, IL - The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society (CMMS), the support group o...

For Immediate Release IDNR Announces 2018 Habitat Fund Project Grants SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced the approval of more than $2.1 million in gr...

For Immediate Release HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital honors nurses with inaugural DAISY Awards (EFFINGHAM, IL) - HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital recently awarded Laura Hickenbottom, NPP-BC,...