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Illinois electric vehicles

Business News

Battery manufacturing plant coming to Illinois

Lithium-ion plant in Manteno part of state’s ongoing effort to court electric vehicle manufacturing

MANTENO (Capitol News Illinois) -- A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in northern Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese battery manufacturing and development company, announced on Friday that it will build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Manteno, about 50 miles south of Chicago. The roughly $2 billion project is set to create 2,600 jobs and begin production in 2024. The plant […]

todaySeptember 8, 2023 70

Illinois

Chicagoland Region

At least six killed in Illinois July 4th parade mass shooting

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (UPI) -- At least six people died in a shooting at an Independence Day parade north of Chicago on Monday, local police said. The shooting took place just after 10 a.m. along the holiday parade route in Highland Park, Ill., about 30 miles north of Chicago, WMAQ-TV reported. Authorities said that in addition to the six deaths, at least 16 people were hospitalized with injuries, the Chicago Tribune reported. Witness Peter Kontonis told the newspaper he saw […]

todayJuly 5, 2022 17

Illinois shooting Robert Crimo III

Chicagoland Region

Illinois police: July 4 parade mass shooter in custody

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (UPI) -- A man wanted in connection with the slaying of six people at an Independence Day parade north of Chicago, Illinois on Monday was taken into custody eight hours after the incident, authorities announced. Robert Crimo III, 22, identified earlier in the day as a "person of interest" in connection to the mass shooting, was pulled over in Lake Forest, Ill., and arrested without incident after a brief pursuit, Highland Park, Ill., Police Chief Louis Jogmen […]

todayJuly 5, 2022 17

Illinois Beach Hotel

Chicagoland Region

Illinois Beach Hotel ready for reservations

ZION -- Reservations are now being accepted at the Illinois Beach Hotel at Illinois Beach State Park in Lake County. The property, which features 92 hotel rooms and a restaurant, will be open to the public this summer. The hotel was facing closure due to an almost year-long hiatus. Guestroom reservations will be available for arrival just in time for the holiday weekend. Under new management, the property is receiving an interior renovation, including all new lobby and guestroom furnishings. […]

todayJune 24, 2022 3

Illinois food

Chicagoland Region

Public leadership program aims to bring sustainable food system to Illinois

CHICAGO (INC/PNS) -- From farm to table, a public leadership program is working to bring more sustainable food systems to the greater Chicago area in Illinois. The HEAL Food Alliance's School of Public Leadership (SoPL) is helping warehouse workers and urban farmers to build inclusive, worker-focused food systems. Felix Ortiz, community health navigator at the Joliet-based Warehouse Workers for Justice, is a member of the program's newest cohort. He additionally said the initiative helps his organization develop new tactics to advocate for better conditions […]

todayMarch 7, 2022 62

BrightFarms Rochelle salmonella

Business & Lifestyle

More info on BrightFarms salmonella recall

Earlier, we reported on a salmonella outbreak in relation to salad products manufactured by BrightFarms at their Rochelle, Ill. facility. A source working with BrightFarms contacted us Saturday evening with more in-depth information relating to the outbreak. The source reveals that BrightFarms announced a voluntary recall of some of their packaged salad greens produced in Rochelle. The products in question come out of their greenhouse farm and are sold in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana in addition to Illinois. The voluntary […]

todayJuly 17, 2021 3

Allen Skillicorn Illinois

Capital Area Region

Former Illinois Rep. Skillicorn leaving state for Arizona

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Even Illinois’ legislature isn’t immune to population loss to other states. As the 101st General Assembly wraps up, they’re without state Rep. Allen Skillicorn, a Republican formerly of suburban East Dundee. The vocal conservative announced on Jan. 5 that he had tendered his resignation in the state Legislature. He would state that he will no longer pay Illinois’ “corruption tax” in good conscience. “Illinois has been ruled for far too long by a small handful of […]

todayJanuary 12, 2021 29

Chicagoland Region

Madigan releases statement after prosecutors indict allies

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – On Wednesday, federal prosecutors indicted two former ComEd executives and two former ComEd lobbyists with ties to House Speaker Michael Madigan. On Thursday, Madigan released the following statement: The indictment returned Wednesday does not allege any criminal misconduct on my part. I have not been accused of or charged with any wrongdoing.After a lengthy investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged, but of course has not proven, that certain ComEd employees, consultants, and lobbyists allegedly conspired […]

todayNovember 20, 2020 6

Chicago Lightfoot

Chicagoland Region

Chicago Public Schools to begin school year with remote learning

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chicago Public Schools announced Wednesday that schools will begin with remote learning when the school year begins in the fall. CPS CEO Janice Jackson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the plan Wednesday, seeking to assure parents that while learning would take place exclusively online the schools would not be "cobbling things together" as Jackson suggested was the case when schools closed in March. "There will be more of a traditional infrastructure that you see in a school […]

todayAugust 5, 2020 4

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