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Illinois processes nearly 800,000 unemployment claims

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Illinois processes nearly 800,000 unemployment claims

Illinois processes nearly 800,000 unemployment claims IDES Processes Over 750,000 Unemployment Claims Since March, Pays Out More Than $700 Million in Benefits 13 Week Extension of Benefits Through Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Now Live The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) today released new statewide data showing the department processed 102,937 new initial unemployment claims…

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Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses

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Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses

Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses Jim Oberweis, candidate for Congress in the 14th District, said he would send U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi ice cream, from his ice cream business, if she would go to Washington D.C. to develop and support support for small businesses…

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Former Orland Park village manager La Margo files lawsuit against Pekau, personally and officially

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Former Orland Park village manager La Margo files lawsuit against Pekau, personally and officially

Former Orland Park village manager La Margo files lawsuit against Pekau, personally and officially Former Orland Park Village Manager Joe La Margo accused Mayor Keith Pekau of violating a separation agreement he signed with the village following his forced resignation in May 2019. La Margo was forced to resign after initiating an investigation into allegations…

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Opinion: Orland Mayor accuses me of writing fiction over public meeting

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Opinion: Orland Mayor accuses me of writing fiction over public meeting Orland Park’s controversial Mayor Keith Pekau is upset that I publicized his angry personal attacks against Trustee Dan Calandriello from a public meeting he held on April 6 and accused me of writing fiction. But the truth is on the audio tape that the…

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Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski

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Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski

Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski Democratic Committeemen in Chicagoland’s west and southwest suburbs voted to name former State Rep. Frank J. Aguilar to fill the vacancy on the Cook County Board’s 16th District that was vacated with the resignation of Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski. Aguilar will…

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Public Health Officials Announce 1,222 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

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Public Health Officials Announce 1,222 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

Public Health Officials Announce 1,222 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease The number of coronavirus cases continue to increase in Illinois and in Cook County with total deaths now at 868 as of Tuesday morning. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,222 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 74 additional…

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Precautions taken in Lyons

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Precautions taken in Lyons

Precautions taken in Lyons Some attend meeting via teleconference   By Steve Metsch Lyons Finance Director Dan Denys – a mainstay at the village board meeting and the finance committee meeting twice monthly – did not attend either on April 7. He is in fine health. He is being cautious. “Dan is in self-quarantine at…

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Lyons focuses on park

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Lyons focuses on park

Lyons focuses on parks Big changes coming for sites in village By Steve Metsch Basketball games and use of the swings have been put on hold at Veterans Park in Lyons. The rims and backboards have been removed from the courts – which are very popular. And the swings have also been removed. Part of…

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Municipalities Remain in Limbo Without Ruling from Attorney General on FOIA

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Municipalities Remain in Limbo Without Ruling from Attorney General on FOIA

Municipalities Remain in Limbo Without Ruling from Attorney General on FOIA With reduced staffing, focus must remain on providing essential services and public health Nearly 200 mayors across the state have joined the Illinois Municipal League (IML) in urging Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office to issue an advisory opinion to grant public bodies additional time…

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Several pets killed in single family Orland Park Home fire on Easter Sunday

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Several pets killed in single family Orland Park Home fire on Easter Sunday

Several pets killed in single family Orland Park Home fire on Easter Sunday A fire in an Orland Park home that occurred when the residents were not in the home on Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020) took the lives of three dogs and two cats, officials of the Orland Fire Protection District said. Officials said the…

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Coronavirus cases in Illinois may be flattening out

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Coronavirus cases in Illinois may be flattening out

Coronavirus cases in Illinois may be flattening out Public Health Officials Announce 1,293 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease, which is less than yesterday. Maybe it is starting to turn The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,293 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 81 additional deaths. – Champaign County: 1…

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Illinois announces 1,465 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

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Illinois announces 1,465 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

Public Health Officials Announce 1,465 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,465 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 68 additional deaths.  – Cook County: 1 male 20s, 1 female 30s, 1 female 50s, 7 males 50s, 3 females 60s, 5 males 60s, 4 females 70s,…

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South suburban leaders unite in message against coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

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South suburban leaders unite in message against coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

South suburban leaders unite in message against coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic South suburban leaders unite in message against coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Stay Home! COVID-19 disproportionately hitting South Suburbs, taking black lives due to unacceptable health disparities South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA) and Southland Regional Black Mayoral Caucus (SRBMC) officials join other Chicagoland leaders to…

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Pritzker’s dystopian “Afraid New World” strategy

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Pritzker’s dystopian “Afraid New World” strategy

Pritzker’s dystopian “Afraid New World” strategy Gov. Pritzker continues to hold his daily press conferences to update the public on the coronavirus, sometimes with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. And while they speak to the issues of fighting the virus, including social distancing, stay at home orders, and more, too often Pritzker and Lightfoot instead use…

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Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem

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Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem

Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem Did the Pekau administration on Thursday edit the audio files of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau bullying Trustee Dan Calandriello in order to prevent taxpayers from hearing his vicious and personal attacks against another elected official? Pekau was angry because I published an opinion column that quoted his remarks…

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Mineshaft, a song to calm concerns in the Coronavirus Pandemic wake

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Mineshaft, a song to calm concerns in the Coronavirus Pandemic wake

Mineshaft, a song to calm concerns in the Coronavirus Pandemic wake Student musician releases new song, “Mineshaft” to encourage calm during Pandemic (Watch a video interview with Aaron Hanania below) College freshman, writer and musician, Aaron Hanania, has composed a song to help ease concerns the public has over the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The music,…

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Federal Judge hears arguments in Emergency Class Action Suit to prevent coronavirus deaths at Cook County jail

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Federal Judge hears arguments in Emergency Class Action Suit to prevent coronavirus deaths at Cook County jail

Federal Judge hears arguments in Emergency Class Action Suit to prevent coronavirus deaths at Cook County jail Attorneys urge the release of detainees from Cook County jail who are high risk for COVID-19 Read the complaint and declarations from medical experts and people currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail. A consortium of civil rights attorneys…

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Opinion: Orland Mayor bullies Trustee who asked village to help struggling local businesses

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Opinion: Orland Mayor bullies Trustee who asked village to help struggling local businesses

Opinion: Orland Mayor bullies Trustee who asked village to help struggling local businesses Once again, Keith Pekau demonstrated why he should not be the mayor of Orland Park. He has no class, is a political bully, and loves to attack anyone with whom he disagrees. On top of that, he doesn’t know how to run…

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