Organization | • | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Tuesday, May 8, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught will meet with business leaders in Quincy and Cahokia to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. Vaught will discuss these two fast-growing areas of state spending that are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. | | | | Date Created: | 05 07 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 490**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043507 Original UID: 23029 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Cahokia today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at the St. Louis Downtown Airport Fire Station, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. | | | | Date Created: | 05 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 502**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043512 Original UID: 23033 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Quincy today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at the Quincy Senior Center, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. | | | | Date Created: | 05 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 495**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043513 Original UID: 23034 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Wednesday, May 9, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught will meet with business leaders in Rockford and Milan to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. Vaught will discuss these two fast-growing areas of state spending that are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. | | | | Date Created: | 05 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 505**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043514 Original UID: 23035 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Rockford today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at Northern Illinois University Rockford, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. | | | | Date Created: | 05 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 508**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043520 Original UID: 23041 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in the Quad Cities today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at Elliott Aviation in Milan, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. | | | | Date Created: | 05 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 509**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043521 Original UID: 23042 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Officials with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) will be in East St. Louis on Thursday to announce opportunities for individuals in the Metro East to receive training in the green industry. The state is partnering with Southwestern Illinois College and Emerson Park Development Corporation to provide weatherization training opportunities for qualified applicants through the states Urban Weatherization Initiative. UWI is the nation's first state-funded weatherization program and one of the largest job creation initiatives to date for urban communities in Illinois. Officials will also announce the next phase of UWI which will identify homes in the target communities that will be eligible for weatherization repairs. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 534**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043550 Original UID: 23072 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught today joined Heartland Dental Care (HDC), a leading dental service organization, in announcing an expansion of its home office headquarters located in Effingham, Illinois. The expansion will add 40,000 square feet onto the current facility increasing the size of the office to 80,000 total square feet. The project will create 80 new, full-time jobs over the next two years, with the potential to create up to 175 new jobs over the next few years, and will retain nearly 200 jobs. | | | | Date Created: | 05 23 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 595**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043740 Original UID: 23247 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Office of Tourism, in partnership with the Office of Governor Pat Quinn, will host the 2nd annual Musical Fridays, a summer-long, lunch-time concert series that brings free music to the James R. Thompson Center Plaza. | | | | Date Created: | 05 30 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 617**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043764 Original UID: 23333 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught today announced the state has moved a step closer to supporting a major Asian carp processing facility in Grafton, Ill., where the Mississippi and Illinois rivers meet. | | | | Date Created: | 06 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 653**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044049 Original UID: 23579 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the Illinois tourism industry generated a record $31.8 billion in 2011, up 8.4 percent from a year ago. | | | | Date Created: | 07 23 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 800**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044269 Original UID: 23719 FIRST WORD: Governor | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Friday, June 22nd, The Black Ensemble Theatre will perform its critically-acclaimed The Marvin Gaye Story on the James R. Thompson Center Plaza as part of the 2012 Musical Fridays summer concert series. | | | | Date Created: | 06 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 671**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044277 Original UID: 23804 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On behalf of Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught will join executives of Integrated Manufacturing Technologies and parent company Roeslein and Associates, Inc. tomorrow to announce the opening of the manufacturers newly expanded facility. | | | | Date Created: | 06 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 692**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044296 Original UID: 23823 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On behalf of Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught will visit Ottawa tomorrow to announce funding through the states IKE Disaster Recovery Program for the City of Ottawa to acquire and demolish flood prone properties | | | | Date Created: | 07 10 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 758**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044448 Original UID: 23978 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On behalf of Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught today joined Ottawa Mayor Robert Eschbach and other state and local officials to announce $2.9 million in federal funding for the city of Ottawa to acquire and demolish flood prone properties. The two projects, funded through the states IKE Disaster Recovery Program, will remove the old Central School and residential properties within The Flats from the floodplain, and supports efforts to restore the community and mitigate future flood damage. | | | | Date Created: | 07 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 764**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044505 Original UID: 24003 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Office of Energy Assistance today announced that seniors and people with disabilities can begin applying for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) beginning Tues, Sept. 4. | | | | Date Created: | 08 31 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 972**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044849 Original UID: 24326 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director David Vaught today visited southern Illinois to announce the re-opening of the Rend Lake South Tourism Information Center located in Whittington, Illinois. The re-opened tourism information center will help increase tourism spending and revitalize the local economy and surrounding southern Illinois communities. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1010**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044960 Original UID: 24435 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director David Vaught will visit southern Illinois tomorrow to announce the re-opening of the Rend Lake South Tourism Information Center located off of Interstate 57 in Whittington, Illinois. Director Vaught will also highlight the importance that the tourism industry has on the states economy by serving as a catalyst for economic growth and job creation. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1006**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044961 Original UID: 24436 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The State Energy Office at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is pleased to announce two grant opportunities to assist local governments, for-profit, and not-for-profit businesses and organizations with their recycling/composting efforts. Entities with traditional recycling (fiber, plastic, metal, and glass) projects may apply for funding through the Illinois Recycling Grants Program. Projects involving the composting of food scraps may be eligible for funding through the Food Scrap Composting Grants Program. | | | | Date Created: | 09 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1013**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044967 Original UID: 24440 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Fiscal Year 2013 Affirmative Action Plan for the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | | | | Date Created: | 03 07 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045196 Original UID: 26423 FIRST WORD: Affirmative | |
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