decisions about where they would like to live and what they can afford based on the costs in that location. Acost of livingcomparison can provide guidance about how an increase or decrease in these basic living expenses impacts necessary spending for an individual or a family.(2024-12-24...
Currently, the COLA doesn’t reflect any actual cost-of-living increase, since it isn’t pegged to inflation. By simply replacing the existing guaranteed 3% compounding postretirement raise with a true COLA pegged to inflation, among other modest changes, Illinois can save $2.4 billion in the ...
Although there have been many collies featured in pop culture over the years, the most recognizable one is Lassie, a canine character that has been the subject of multiple television series and major motion pictures (and one of only a few animal actors to have its own star on the Hollywood ...
As the largest market in the Midwestern United States, Illinois is a global business destination that has the attributes for international companies to find success. Illinois has top talent across a multitude of industries and world-class infrastructure that connects companies to their customers and pr...
Beginning July 1, 2020, and every July 1 since, the minimum wage has also increased – tied to the cost of living, but capped at a 2.5 percent increase. The only circumstances under which the minimum wage would not be increased in a given year is if unemployment were 8.5 percent or mor...
ChicagoAuroraJolietNapervilleRockfordElginSpringfieldPeoria Expert Insights Recent legislation passed in Illinois is designed to increase access to Naloxone and fentanyl testing strips. Officials are reacting to the number of opioid overdoses that continue to climb each year. But these laws—and their rela...
Second, despite increased abortion bans around the country, more people are accessing abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. One factor for the increase is the FDA’s updated 2021 guidance allowing medication abortion via telehealth. Trump could direct the FDA to rescind that guid...
We've been turning right on red in Illinois (and most of the rest of the country) for 50-plus years, but now several places are banning the practice while others consider doing so for a reason that maybe you don't think of while making that right turn on
“The increase of the property tax is the increase,” Lorenz said. She added she was standing on the principle at a time “when people are very much struggling to handle cost of living and just making ends meet. She said her vote related to the fact she felt Council “need to be mind...
(June 1, 2021| Peoria, Ill.) – Nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor , OSF HealthCare, Peoria County, Hanson Professional Services, Central Illinois Angels and Attollo have announced a new partnership to help accelerate the growth of startup companies in the Greater Peoria region. Beg...