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Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts

1 month 2 weeks ago
Here’s a fun game the Trump administration keeps playing: destroy a successful government program, wait a few months, then breathlessly announce you’ve “invented” the exact same thing but with obvious corruption mechanisms baked in. Last week, the administration excitedly announced a new “Tech Force”—a program to bring tech talent into government for two-year stints to […]
Mike Masnick

Illinois Leaders React To Supreme Court Decision in Trump v. Illinois

1 month 3 weeks ago
Statement from Governor Pritzker on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Trump v. Illinois CHICAGO – Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in the state: “Today is a big win for Illinois and American democracy. I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.

HFS To Increase Funding For Planned Parenthood To Protect Reproductive Healthcare Access Across Illinois

1 month 3 weeks ago
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is investing $4 million in Medicaid family planning programming in order to counteract the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood in Trump’s budget bill (HR1), as Illinois continues to serve as a beacon for protecting reproductive healthcare access nationally. The funding will go towards critical services that many Illinoisans rely on, like contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and

Silvestri Sweets Expands Voluntary Allergy Alert on Undeclared Pecan & Wheat in Cookie Butter Holiday Bark & Pecan, Cranberry & Cinnamon Holiday Bark

1 month 3 weeks ago
GENEVA, Ill. - Silvestri Sweets Inc. of Geneva, IL is expanding its voluntarily recalling its 5-ounce bags of Choceur branded Holiday Barks because they may contain undeclared allergens. Choceur branded Cookie Butter Holiday Bark may contain undeclared pecans. People who have allergies to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. Choceur branded Pecan, Cranberry & Cinnamon Holiday Bark may contain undeclared wheat. People who have