Illinois Becomes Third State in the Nation to Guarantee Paid Leave CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker today signed SB208 into law, making Illinois the third state in the nation, and the first in the Midwest, to mandate paid time off to be used for any reason. The historic legislation provides employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave during a 12-month period, meaning approximately 1.5 million workers will begin earning paid time off starting in 2024. “Working families face so many challenges, and it’s been my mission to alleviate those burdens in every way I can. Today, we will become the third state in the nation to require paid time off, and the first among the largest states,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “Employers benefit from allowing employees to tend to the urgent personal matters of their lives. Workers’ productivity increases, and they often gain greater passion for their job when they can manage the stresses they face outside work.
Don’t go chasing waterfalls, please stick to Maryland Heights because that’s where TLC is playing in June. TLC and Shaggy announced they’re teaming up for a “TLC & Shaggy: Hot Summer Nights Tour.” The trek will stop in the metro St. Louis area at Riverport the Hollywood Casino Ampitheatre (14141 Riverport Drive, 314-298-9944) on Sunday, Jun 28. But it’s not just TLC and Shaggy performing their hits like “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” “Unpretty,” “Creep,” and “It Wasn’t Me” that we’re geeked about.
VIENNA – A southern Illinois man who operates a “high-fence” shooting facility in Johnson County has pleaded guilty to poaching white-tailed deer following an investigation by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources conservation police and other agencies. Jerry Stafford, 58, of Vienna, who owns Samson’s Whitetail Mountain, entered a negotiated plea on Jan. 6 to one count of unlawful take in connection with the illegal harvest of 8-point and 12-point wild white-tailed deer. He also pleaded guilty to one count of open dumping for improper disposal of animal carcasses. Both are Class A misdemeanors. Stafford operates a “high-fence” shooting facility, where customers pay money to shoot raised or imported game mammals in a fenced area, which runs counter to the principles of fair-chase hunting. Illinois Conservation Police began investigating after learning he was advertising “low-fence hunts” in conjunction with Illinois’ official
State Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsbury, is pondering run for Missouri attorney general. Her district covers parts of southwest St. Louis County, St. Louis city.
In 2015, the Supreme Court finally addressed reality: people were carrying around computers in their pockets capable of accessing, storing, and maintaining far more information than could be expected to be found in their physical houses. The government sought to compare cell phones to pocket contents or whatever might be found in the trunk of […]
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis CrimeStoppers has again posted a request for tips on the fatal shooting of Nicholas Kapusniak, a St. Louis College of Pharmacy student. This is a long-unsolved case. He was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting at about 1 a.m. on the morning of March 1, 2014. The shooting occurred in the rear yard of a home in the 2700 block of Accomac in St. Louis County. The victim was standing with a group of acquaintances when he was struck by gunfire from a passing vehicle. Witnesses say an unknown subject started shooting from inside of a white sedan as it traveled eastbound in the south alley of Accomac. The white vehicle continued east out of sight. If you have any information about this Homicide please call the CrimeStoppers Tip Hotline at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477). If your tip, called into CrimeStoppers, leads to the felony arrest of the subject(s) responsible for this homicide, you can receive a reward of up to $5,000. All tips called into CrimeStoppers are completely
ALTON - The Alton High School Robotics Team has had a great season in 2023. Recently, team members competed in the first Robotics Competition at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Members of the highly competitive team are: Clara Velloff Will Dickson Andrew Owen Andy Hatch Jordan Hasty Reyna Loftis Hayden Markert Xavier Carter Kyle Yinger Team mentors are: Brian Bergin Tyrone Stevenson
Just one week after the death of guitarist and founding member Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd was back onstage Sunday at the Plant City Strawberry Festival in Florida, where they paid tribute to their late…
A clip from comedian Dustin Nickerson is making the rounds lately, and we don’t like it one bit. In the clip (above) from the Helium Comedy Club (1151 St. Louis Galleria Street, heliumcomedy.com) in January, Nickerson says he went to the Gateway Arch, and it was “fine.” He also says that the elevator was pretty terrifying. OK, ya got us there.
To date, five houses have sold in private, off-market sales and three more are currently under contract. Nine homes, in addition to two loft-style condominiums set atop the historic Wolfner building, are still available.
ST. LOUIS -- The body of the officer killed in Hermann, Missouri last night is being returned. A procession for Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith is going from St. Louis County to Gasconade County. The number of vehicles in the convoy was small, but there was a large show of support along the route. Firetrucks, ambulances, [...]
Community banks based in the St. Louis metro area are not currently at risk of what happened to Silicon Valley Bank's parent company and the other two banks that failed over the past week, according to Kirk Briden, founder and CEO of local analytics firm Banker’s Caddy.
The city of Crestwood is seeking ground-up redevelopment ideas for a shopping center across from the former mall site that is now being redeveloped into retail and single-family houses.
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