By: Diane Benjamin The Illinois layoff list is back to updating daily: https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery/Pages/IllinoisWARNData.aspx In September another 2,069 people in Illinois have been notified they will be laid off. The August layoffs were 1,065. In the last 12 months the total is 16,112.
By: Diane Benjamin ILLINOIS! https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery/Pages/IllinoisWARNData.aspx February isn’t over, those numbers might go higher. No one is guaranteed a job. That includes Federal employees when the national debt is: By the time you click this link it will be higher: https://www.usdebtclock.org/ These layoffs are only for companies with 75 or more fulltime employees. The smaller local […]
By: Diane Benjamin Review this story from yesterday: https://blnnews.com/2024/07/29/when-local-governments-celebrate-grants/ Next read this story: https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2024/07/30/mil-osi-usa-following-sorensens-advocacy-mclean-county-receives-funding-to-extend-historic-route-66-trail/ Rep Eric Sorensen announced a grant to McLean County to design the final 9 miles of the Historic Route 66 Bike and Pedestrian Trail. $675,000 to DESIGN. Another grant will be needed for construction, I think in the past the feds […]
By: Diane Benjamin Surrena Fish was back with an update on Tent City. She claimed there is a waiting list now and police had to be called to break up a fight. Just hit play to hear her comments. The Connect Transit update on the downtown transfer station isn’t that long. If you don’t want […]
By: Diane Benjamin Did anyone notice calamity because the Federal Government has now been shut down for the third day in a row? It shuts down every weekend, today is just a bonus day off for MLK day. Remember this shutdown when media starts screaming about DEFAULT if the debt ceiling isn’t increased. Tax dollars […]
