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The City of Dubuque seeking residents' input on food recycling …
Nov 25, 2024 · The city of Dubuque is asking its residents to complete a survey about its food recycling program, regardless of whether they participated. The food recycling program has been around for several years and has more than five hundred customers.
Rock Island County recognizes National Adoption Day for second ...
Nov 22, 2024 · Inspired by Scott County, Rock Island’s first time celebrating National Adoption Day was last year, and this year's event took place at the county’s justice center downtown.
Access to IVF in Illinois is unequal. A ballot referendum could help ...
Nov 4, 2024 · Lindsay Allen, a health economist at Northwestern, said she’s not surprised by WBEZ’s findings. A majority of people who have Medicaid in Illinois are either Black or Latino, groups reporting some of the lowest rates of fertility treatments, WBEZ found.. Accessing fertility treatments like IVF isn’t just about having health insurance cover the cost, Allen said.
Two rural Illinois River ports receive a big infusion of federal …
Nov 25, 2024 · Two ports along the Illinois River are getting more than $47 million in federal funding for major upgrades. The grants are from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program.
FTC investigating Deere & Company's right to repair policy
Oct 17, 2024 · The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Deere & Company over the company’s repair policies. A filing made public on Thursday, Oct. 17th, by data analytics company Hargrove and Associates seeking to circumvent the agency's subpoena on its market data sent from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
E. coli and listeria have forced multiple large food recalls. Here’s ...
Nov 22, 2024 · Pulling products. Large-scale recalls can happen when a lot of products get contaminated in a single event, Chaves said. For instance, a contaminated ingredient ends up in multiple products, or there is a contaminated food contact …
USDA rejects Iowa’s food box plan, and anti-hunger advocates ask ...
Nov 26, 2024 · Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request to send monthly food boxes to low income families over the summer, instead of sending them money for food, has been denied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, leaving summer food assistance for at least 240,000 Iowa kids hanging in the balance.. In August, Reynolds announced she was declining to join the federal Summer EBT program for the second time, and ...
State watchdog uncovers at least $7.2M in PPP fraud by state …
Nov 26, 2024 · A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Since 2022, the Office of the Executive Inspector General has been investigating allegations that state employees fraudulently claimed Paycheck Protection Program ...
Man convicted of infamous 1975 Halloween murders continues …
Nov 20, 2024 · The state public defender’s office filed an application for post-conviction relief in late October on behalf of Jerry Mark. More than 100 pages detail why their client deserves another chance with the legal system — including new evidence unknown to investigators at the time surrounding a family friend from Brazil who testified against a major drug smuggling cartel.