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Rivian Illinois

Automotive News

Rivian subcontractors to pay overtime wages

Penalties to total roughly $315,000

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Subcontractors for an Illinois-based electric vehicle maker have settled with the state over back overtime wages.  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a consent decree with construction subcontractors building a new production line for Rivian Automotive Inc. in Normal. The settlement requires two subcontractors to pay over $300,000 in back wages and penalties to resolve allegations that they failed to pay Mexican laborers overtime wages.  The consent decree Raoul filed requires China-based Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co. […]

todayAugust 23, 2022 43

CAT Caterpillar

Business News

Caterpillar to relocate headquarters to Texas

DEERFIELD (The Center Square) – Caterpillar, one of Illinois' top employers, is moving its corporate headquarters from the Chicago suburbs to Irving, Texas, the company announced Tuesday. The industrial equipment maker is the second major employer to announce a move from Illinois after Boeing said last month it was relocating its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, Va. "We believe it's in the best strategic interest of the company to make this move," Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby said in a statement. "It supports Caterpillar's strategy […]

todayJune 14, 2022 16

Mike Parson

Missouri

Parson trims $115 million from state budget

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (The Center Square) – On the day Gov. Mike Parson signed into law an extension for Medicaid funding – passed by the legislature after the threat of $700 million in budget cuts – he trimmed $115 million in budgeted spending with 26 line-item vetoes. Gov. Parson on Wednesday and Thursday signed more than a dozen Fiscal Year 2022 state operating budget bills. The Missouri FY22 state budget is about $35.6 billion, including $10.5 billion in general revenue. […]

todayJuly 2, 2021 20

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Business & Lifestyle

Missouri product liability bill would extend timelines, broaden exemptions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (The Center Square) – Missouri is one of 19 states with a "statute of repose" for product liability claims that sets deadlines for filing lawsuits against manufacturers. The state’s statute of repose for filing product liability lawsuits is 12 years, but a proposed 2021 bill set to be debated on the Senate floor would extend that deadline to 15 years while also incorporating business-friendly exemptions into the statute. After a two-hour debate this week to “perfect” the measure, […]

todayMarch 5, 2021 18

Illinois Maurice West

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois lawmaker proposes tax break for employee raises

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – An Illinois lawmaker is making another attempt to grant tax breaks for small businesses that give raises to their employees. State Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford) filed House Bill 186 on Jan. 22. If enacted, it would provide a tiered tax break for businesses who give raises to their workers. “After the minimum wage increase last summer, I had heard a lot from small business owners in my district,” he said. “This is my hope to help […]

todayFebruary 14, 2021 8

Illinois Bank of Springfield Center

Capital Area Region

Illinois House use of Bank of Springfield Center cost $187,000

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Taxpayers paid nearly $187,000 for rentals and catered meals for members of the Illinois House earlier this month as lawmakers gathered at a convention center in Springfield rather than the Illinois State Capitol. The cost for the off-site session at the Bank of Springfield Center from Jan. 8 through Jan. 14 was $40,000 more than what was spent on a similar setup last spring. That brings the total extra cost of COVID-19 sessions for the […]

todayJanuary 23, 2021 13

Illinois basketball

Illinois

Illinois state officials announce the return of basketball

BLOOMINGTON (The Center Square) – State officials have given the green light for Illinois high school basketball to return. The Illinois High School Association reportedly met with representatives from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office Friday morning. Later in the day, the Illinois Department of Public health announced that all regions in the state that reach Phase 4 of COVID-19 mitigations can go forward with the basketball season. As of Friday, Region 3 in west-central Illinois, Region 5 in southern Illinois, and […]

todayJanuary 23, 2021 15

Lyme disease

Business & Lifestyle

New University of Illinois model could help limit spread of Lyme disease

CHAMPAIGN (The Center Square) – A new model developed at the University of Illinois could help limit the spread of Lyme disease. Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studied both reported cases of the disease. They would additionally study the migration of the black-legged tick, which can the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Lyme disease is an infection that can affect the nervous system, heart, and joints. “Lyme disease was apparently spreading to new areas,” said Dr. Brian Allan, […]

todayJanuary 17, 2021 11

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