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Quick hits: Illinois news in brief for Friday, April 19
Illinois unemployment ticks up Illinois' unemployment rate ticked up last month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in March. That's up 0.1 percentage point from the prior month. Non-farm payrolls were down -2,800 jobs over-the-month. The February jobs...
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Green Living
Easy Ways to Be More Eco-Friendly Earth Month, celebrated in April, is a great time to take a look at your daily habits and consider how...
Justice in Illinois Report
Illinois Senate wants to add Scott’s Law question to Illinois driver’s test
New drivers in Illinois could soon see a question about Scott's Law on their driver's test. The Illinois Senate last week unanimously agreed to add two reminders about Scott's Law to the state's driving pool. Scott's Law requires drivers to move over or slow down for emergency or maintenance vehicles with flashing lights. State Sen. Chapin Rose wants to send drivers a reminder about the...
ProPublica
Zero Tolerance: Inside the Secretive Network of Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois
This week, ProPublica’s reporting on the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism (and ProPublica reporter Hannah Dreier won a Pulitzer for her amazing feature reporting on MS-13). We encourage you to read all of ProPublica’s...
