Stories about Illinois state government
Com Ed's Joliet training facility hosted a graduation Friday for 53 apprentices who completed the second step training program to become full overhead electrical workers. The advancing of new employees is part of a larger plan by Com Ed to bolster the power grid for the future.
The City of Lockport has begun the process or replacing the pedestrian bridge over the I&M Canal at 8th Street with assistance from the State of Illinois.
Will County is the first region in the state of Illinois to establish and prepare its mandated Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team to analyze data in domestic violence cases to better establish policy for addressing and preventing family violence.
Teamsters, who have gone without a contract for 7 months and are angered by the course of negotiations, are preparing to vote on whether to vote to authorize a strike, said JP Fyans, president of Teamsters Local 916.
The $6.3 million state grant made to the Joliet Public Library helped make remodeling of the Ottawa Branch possible.
State Sen. Rachel Ventura conducted interviews at Stateville Correctional Center to renew and expand her internship program in partnership with DePaul University.
The Illinois Conservation Foundation launched ornament sales whose proceeds will be directed to restoration at Illinois state parks.
State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel invites the public to attend her traveling office hours at the Joliet Public Library Black Road Branch on Thursday.
86th District Representative Larry Walsh is celebrating the opening of his new district office in Joliet with an open house Nov. 30.
Illinois can work toward a cleaner, greener future as part of a recent bill that would require state-owned vehicles to be zero emission.
Marine Corps Private First-Class Charles John Alexander was an infantryman with the Marines serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
State Rep. Larry Walsh, D-Elwood, has opened a new constituent service office on Jefferson Street in Joliet.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced the official launch of the appointment-only program set to begin Friday to reduce lines at local offices.
Joliet's inspector general has no power to sue or subpoena the Illinois State Police, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's Office. The inspector general is seeking records regarding an investigation over several city officials.
A job fair involving five state agencies that are looking for, among other things, correctional and security officers, medical workers at all levels, engineers and accountants, will be held July 27 at the AFSCME union hall in Dixon, and online.