26 Aug 2024

OUTSafe Program Supports LGBTQ+ Seniors with Statewide Service Provider Training Sessions

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (August 26, 2024) — Growing reports of violence and abuse, coupled with a lifetime of fear of discrimination, have state officials working with service providers to better meet the needs of LGBTQ+ seniors every time they reach out for help.

30 May 2024

Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS) Education Leaders Celebrate Teachers Across Illinois in May in Midst of Shortage

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (May 30, 2024) — Leaders with the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS) spend time each year helping schools understand the state’s teacher-shortage crisis. As the school year ends, they help celebrate the educators who selflessly serve students across Illinois.

29 May 2024

Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF) Statement on New State Budget Support for Direct Support Professionals and Behavioral Health

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (May 29, 2024) — The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF), representing community providers of services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and serious mental illnesses, today issued the following statement after the final state budget proposal was acted on by the Illinois Legislature:

06 May 2024

Illinois Students Earn Awards, Career Path Preparation at SkillsUSA Workforce Championships

By Ryan Keith

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (May 6, 2024) — They poured concrete to lay bricks. They built tiny buildings, repaired diesel engines, and raced the clock and each other to be the best at more than 150 events — and they just might have found their successful career path in the process.

03 May 2024

The Mobile Museum of Tolerance Honors Illinois Student Champions in Anti-Hate Essay Contest

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (May 3, 2024) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center, through its Illinois Mobile Museum of Tolerance, announced the winners of its 4th annual “Your Voice: Changing the World, One Speech at a Time” contest. The competition, which was open to students between sixth to twelfth grades, challenged participants to craft a three-minute, 450-word essay based on Simon Wiesenthal's statement: “The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat.

20 Mar 2024

Local Food Infrastructure Program Announces Nineteen Award Recipients, Sets Up Push for Expanded State Funding

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (March 20, 2024) — Local food is getting an important shot in the arm with the distribution this spring of nearly $2 million in state funding. But it’s clear more support is needed to meet the state’s growing local needs.

22 Feb 2024

Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF): New Budget Proposal Does Not Include Needed Investments in Disability Services

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (February 22, 2024) — The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, representing community providers of services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and serious mental illnesses, issued the following statement February 21, after Governor JB Pritzker presented his 2025 state budget proposal:

22 Feb 2024

Transportation Coalition Calls February 21 Budget Proposal Wrong Direction for Illinois

By Ryan Keith

SPRINGFIELD, ILLLINOIS (February 22, 2024) — The Transportation for Illinois Coalition, an umbrella organization of business, labor and infrastructure groups that advocates for federal and state transportation funding, today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Pritzker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget plan:

02 Jan 2024

The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI): Occupational Cancer is Killing Fire Fighters

By Ryan Keith

LINCOLN, ILLINOIS (January 2, 2024) — Occupational cancer is claiming the lives of more fire-fighters than any other cause, including fires and other on-scene incidents.

09 Oct 2023

Advance Illinois Report to Highlight Progress, Remaining Challenges in Educator Shortage and Diversity

By Ryan Keith

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (October 9, 2023) — Illinois has made encouraging progress to address educator shortages, despite historic challenges presented by COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. But persistent problems remain, and Illinois must prepare to provide significant aid to schools through informed financial investments and policy changes, according to new research from a statewide policy advocacy organization.

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