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What is Equal Pay Day?

2 years 10 months ago
Equal Pay Day 2022 falls on March 15. The date is marked to symbolize how much into the year women must work to earn what men earned the year before.

Sen. Ron Wyden Catches ICE Illegally Collecting Americans’ Financial Data

2 years 10 months ago
ICE wants data and doesn’t care how it gets it. Its recently-elevated pursuit of all things not considered naturally American has increased its demands for information on… well, everybody. It works with private sector data brokers and data analysts to hoover up location info — something not strictly limited to movements at or near borders. […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: Degoo Premium Mega Backup Plan

2 years 10 months ago
Degoo is AI-based cloud storage that helps you rediscover your best photos. With Degoo you get supremely secured backup space from which to manage and share files with awesome simplicity. With high-speed transfers from a database that offers more backup space than Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive combined, you’ll love how easy it is to […]
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Pritzker Administration To Propose New, Simplified Approach To Cannabis Dispensary Applications

2 years 10 months ago
CHICAGO – Following extensive conversations with stakeholders, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) is filing rules to simplify the cannabis dispensary license application process, remove barriers for social equity applicants, and expand opportunities targeted to the communities most impacted by the failed war on drugs. IDFPR is required by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA) to issue at least 50 new adult use cannabis dispensary licenses by the end of 2022. “From day one, Illinois has been dedicated to leading the nation in an equity-centric approach to legalizing cannabis, and these proposed changes to the application process will make it much easier for social equity applicants to pursue licenses.” said Gov. JB Pritzker. “I appreciate all the feedback we have received from stakeholders since the start of the cannabis program, whose work informed this proposal and is continuing to make Illinois’ growing cannabis

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Donald R. Little Files For Re-Election For Jersey County Board

2 years 10 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Donald R. Little files for Re-Election for Jersey County Board. Little notes experience, accomplishments, and goals for continued service. Donald R. Little is a candidate for re-election to the Jersey County Board in the June 28, 2022, Democratic Primary election in Board District 4. Initially elected to the County Board in 1988, Little is currently the Jersey County Board Chairman, a post he has held since December 2014. Prior to serving on the County Board, Little was active in municipal and township government, serving on the Brighton Village and Piasa Township Boards, and the Southwestern School Board from 2011 to 2019. According to Little “Public service has been a central part of my life.” Little’s working career includes more than administration work. He has over ten years’ experience as a citizen advocate with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, handling consumer affairs and crime victim cases, and over 25 years as a fraud investigator

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Housekeeping Note

2 years 10 months ago
Not much blogging today, I'm afraid. But for a good reason! I'll tell you all about it tomorrow or Thursday.
Kevin Drum