| | 2461: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The next Mission: Veterans 2 Entrepreneurs Training Seminar will be Thursday, December 19, at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. This event is an exceptional, no-cost opportunity for veteran business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to network with like-minded professionals and obtain expert training honed to their individual business aspirations. This event is hosted by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Illinois Central Management Services, and the College of DuPage. | | | | Date Created: | 12-16-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1257**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052481 Original UID: 173683 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 2462: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals Office to seek an immediate injunctive court order compelling Blue Island Phenol LLC, located at 3350 West 131st Street in Alsip, to conduct a root cause analysis and submit other information for state review so as to prevent a similar incident in the future. Todays action follows a large explosion and fire that began on the morning of December 13 and caused the evacuation of the facility and injuries to employees. | | | | Date Created: | 12-16-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1255**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052482 Original UID: 173684 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2463: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Governor Pat Quinn will volunteer at the Jesse Brown Veterans Food Pantry and encourage all people in Illinois to donate to those in need this holiday season in Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1260**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052483 Original UID: 173685 FIRST WORD: Governor's | |
| 2464: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) today announced that an Arbitrator has issued a supplemental order impacting the States largest public employee union that will allow for a contract with an outside vendor that handles Medicaid eligibility screening to be amended instead of abruptly cancelled. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1262**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052484 Original UID: 173686 FIRST WORD: HFS | |
| 2465: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois leads the nation in the number of competitors in the Cyber Aces State Championship series designed to identify the next generation of cybersecurity talent, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said today. The challenge is part of Governor Pat Quinn's agenda to grow the Illinois economy, increase public safety and help Veterans, students and career changers enter the growing cyber workforce and obtain meaningful employment. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1261**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052485 Original UID: 173687 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2466: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation will partner with the Chicago Police Department, Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriffs Office, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to inform motorists of numerous stepped-up traffic enforcement details during this holiday season. A news conference will be held on Wednesday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Chicago Police Department at 1718 S. State St. in Chicago to inform motorists that impaired driving or failure to buckle up will get you arrested or ticketed. Officials will also discuss the most recent Illinois drunk driving fatality statistics. Illinois motorists will see this life-saving effort in their communities and around the state from now through the first weekend of 2014. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1259**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052486 Original UID: 173688 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 2467: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, and the chair of the Illinois Violence Prevention Task Force, recently convened the first task force meeting. In August of this year, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation creating the six member task force to stem the epidemic of violence impacting todays youth. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1258**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052487 Original UID: 173689 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2468: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this years Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and with the partnership of the Illinois State Board of Education. This years contest is focused on environmental justice and how to balance people with industry and learning about environmental issues in their own communities. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1263**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052488 Original UID: 173690 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2469: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding snowmobile operators and riders to take extra caution this year when snow falls in Illinois. Every year throughout the state, people are seriously injured or lose their lives on snowmobiles. Many of these accidents could have been prevented had reasonable and proper precautions been taken. | | | | Date Created: | 12-18-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1267**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052489 Original UID: 173691 FIRST WORD: IDNR | |
| 2470: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois added +10,300 private sector jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 8.7 percent, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The September to November three-month gain of +36,900 in total jobs is the largest since October 2010. | | | | Date Created: | 12-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1270**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052490 Original UID: 173693 FIRST WORD: November | |
| 2471: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has been an active partner in the multi-state negotiations and is gratified that Ocwen Financial Corporation accepted this settlement to ensure that homeowners who have suffered financial hardship as a result of Ocwens business practices are compensated for the servicers mistakes. | | | | Date Created: | 12-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1271**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052491 Original UID: 173694 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2472: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced that Illinois has taken the next step to purchase approximately 35 high-performance diesel-electric locomotives for several Midwestern and west coast states using funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation. IDOT has issued a Notice of Intent to Award to Siemens USA to design, build and deliver the locomotives on behalf of the Departments of Transportation from Illinois, California, Michigan, Washington and Missouri. Illinois is leading the multi-state locomotive procurement. | | | | Date Created: | 12-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1269**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052492 Original UID: 173695 FIRST WORD: High | |
| 2473: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As many veterans struggle to find a job or start a career, the administration of Governor Pat Quinn hosted more than 100 veterans at the College of DuPage to learn about starting or growing their own businesses as part of the state's Mission: Veteran 2 Entrepreneurs (MV2E) program. | | | | Date Created: | 12-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1272**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052493 Original UID: 173696 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 2474: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Public museums in Illinois can receive funding assistance to improve museum facilities and develop new exhibits through the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program. | | | | Date Created: | 12-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1276**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052494 Original UID: 173697 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 2475: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is pleased to announce the receipt of Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from five teams to design, build, finance, maintain and operate the Illinois portion of the Illiana. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) submittal period began on November 8, 2013 and ended yesterday, on December 19. | | | | Date Created: | 12-20-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1277**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052495 Original UID: 173698 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2476: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Lt. Governor Sheila Simon today visited Gifford to deliver gifts collected at her offices in Springfield, Chicago and Carbondale. Simon also encouraged Illinois residents to continue supporting recovery efforts by making a donation to the Red Cross. | | | | Date Created: | 12-20-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1275**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052496 Original UID: 173699 FIRST WORD: Lt. | |
| 2477: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Governor Pat Quinn will distribute toys to children at the annual Christmas in the Wards at 10:15 a.m. at A. Finkl and Sons Co. in Chicago. | | | | Date Created: | 12-21-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1278**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052497 Original UID: 173700 FIRST WORD: Governor's | |
| 2478: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Governor Pat Quinn will visit Fisher House and urge everyone in Illinois to support our men and women in uniform this holiday season by donating their frequent flier miles to Operation Hero Miles, a program that connects injured service members to their families at 1:30 p.m. at the Fisher House at Hines VA Hospital. | | | | Date Created: | 12-22-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1279**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052498 Original UID: 173701 FIRST WORD: Governor's | |
| 2479: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHICAGO Governor Pat Quinn will join Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. on the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8's historic voyage to the moon for a reenactment of the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth at 10 a.m. at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. | | | | Date Created: | 12-23-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1280**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052499 Original UID: 173702 FIRST WORD: Governor's | |
| 2480: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With thousands of motorists expected to travel on Illinois roadways during Christmas and New Years, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that non-emergency roadwork will be suspended where possible to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow. IDOT also provided advance notice of lane closures that will be in place during the Christmas and New Years holiday periods to aid motorists travel plans and boost safety. | | | | Date Created: | 12-23-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1281**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052500 Original UID: 173703 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
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