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WARN report: amidst 600 layoffs, state picks phone favorites

By Austin Berg
10/09/2014
Nearly 600 Illinois workers will be laid off come 2015, according to notices filed in accordance with the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN. Among the layoffs – which include 123 workers at Dixon, Illinois-based Anchor Coupling Inc.; 82 workers at plastics products-maker Pp Il LLC; and 58 workers at Jim’s Formal Wear,...

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FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
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