In order to be considered for the prestigious honor, the city council Tuesday approved a contract with a firm for Phase III of the downtown Joliet National Register Historic District project.
Joliet downtown closer to National Register list of Historic Places
Posted inBusiness, Business, Will County
Will County opens application period for ARPA economic development funding
The Will County Executive Committee voted in September to establish the grant program, which is separated into two categories of programs that support impacted households and direct aid to impacted industries.
Posted inCommentary, Politics
Commentary: Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
The governor’s race features an incumbent, Brian Kemp, versus Stacey Abrams. I have written about Abrams and our decades-long friendship before. No one is more committed for Georgians than Abrams.
Posted inState
Rep. Batinick Highlights State Resources for Families during National Adoption Month
According to a Fiscal Year 2020 report, over 117,000 children and youth at risk of aging out of foster care without permanent family connections were waiting to be adopted. Of those children, 52% were male, the average age was eight years old, and more than one in five were teenagers.
Posted inPolitics, State
Will County and DuPage Mayors endorse Bill Foster for Congress
“In an era where partisan politics too often gets in the way of sensible compromise, it’s good to know we have people like Bill Foster standing up for us in Congress,” said Mayor Brummel. “Bill follows facts and science to inform his policy decisions, and he works hard with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to get things done. America would be better served with more leaders like Bill Foster in Washington. I’m proud to endorse him for reelection.”
Posted inEducation, Living
JJC to host Investiture Ceremony for Clyne Namuo on Nov. 15
Dr. Namuo became the 10th president of Joliet Junior College in July 2022, appointed by the Board of Trustees after a national search. Previously, he was the interim president of Phoenix College, the flagship college of the Maricopa system serving the students and communities in and around Phoenix.
Posted inHealth, News
Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans starts
Enrolling or making plan changes by Dec. 15 will ensure your coverage takes effect Jan. 1. If you enroll after Dec. 15, you will not have coverage in force until February, which could leave you temporarily uninsured and put you behind on meeting your plan’s annual deductible.
Posted inFood, News, Regional, State
AG Raoul files lawsuit to halt $4 Billion payout to Albertsons Shareholders
“With so much at stake, it is imperative our merger review process continues, allowing us to evaluate the effect of this merger on workers and consumers, particularly in historically disinvested neighborhoods already lacking healthy food access. Neither company should be attempting to undermine our review process.”
Posted inNews, Politics, Regional, State
A look at Illinois statewide races in election final week
As of Monday, the Illinois State Board of Elections had reported 590,333 early votes had already been cast, including 362,604 mail-in ballots, 224,595 early in-person ballots and 3,134 grace period ballots.
Posted inEducation, National
Federal court halts Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness for now
Conservatives have attacked the debt forgiveness plan as expensive overreach of executive authority since the plan was announced. In this case, the six states argued that the debt forgiveness plan could incentivize student loan borrowers with loans serviced by the states, which aren’t eligible for debt forgiveness, to swap those loans for federal loans that are eligible, costing the states money, according to USA Today.
