Over the past decade, the Springfield and Sangamon County community has received the lowest amount of U.S. Housing and Urban Development funding to address homelessness among Continuums of Care in the state of Illinois. HUD utilizes an annual Continuum of Care competition and application process to determine the amount of funding communities receive through their Continuum of Care ..read more

Just eight of 78 Illinois House Democrats openly sided last week with the once-indomitable Chicago Teachers Union. The CTU hotly opposed a bill to halt all public school closures and prevent disproportionate budget cuts and changes to admissions criteria at Chicago’s selective enrollment schools until a fully elected Chicago school board is seated in 2027 ..read more

Harold L. “Lee” Milner, 78, of Springfield, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Springfield Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 25, 1946, in Breese, Illinois, the son of Shirley and Dorena (Burkett) Milner ..read more

The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce Job Fair gives you the opportunity to network with a broad range of employers ..read more

One of the best compliments I get from clients is when they say, "We've made more progress in the past six months working with you on [insert complicated problem here], than we have in the past six years ..read more

When you're thinking about a career change or a job to take on after high school, which types of jobs do you think of first ..read more

Caring for your physical and mental health can boost your career  When asked what we want to be when we grow up, no one says "fit and healthy ..read more

If you are actively job-hunting, you'll need to master the virtual job interview ..read more

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Biometric Information Privacy Act subject of lawsuits, settlements It's been more than a year since the Illinois Supreme Court "respectfully suggest(ed)" state lawmakers clarify a law that's led to several multi-million-dollar settlements with tech companies over the collection of Illinoisans' biometric data. On April 11, a bipartisan majority in the Illinois Senate did just that, approving the first major change to Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act since it was originally passed in 2008 ..read more