(SPRINGFIELD) About $42 million in taxpayer funding has been announced for sites across the state to better prepare to attract future investment and new job opportunities in the industrial sector. The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity program will select eligible organizations, communities, and landowners through a competitive process for up to $150,000 for planning and up to $30 million for construction. Applications are due in by 5:00 on Monday, October 21st. Go to the dceo.illinois.gov website for more.
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services has announced that all child support collected on behalf of Illinois’ low-income families with children who are current or former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients will be passed through to the family and will no longer be retained by the state. As of July 1st this month, any amount of child support that was collected and retained by the Division of Child Support Services between January 1st, 2023, and July 1st, 2024, will now be passed directly to the family. With this change, Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to unconditionally ensure that all families receive 100% of the child support that is paid.
(CHICAGO) The Illinois Attorney General’s Office yesterday announced a settlement with Baron App Inc., also known as Cameo. The move resolves an investigation into Cameo’s violation of consumer protection laws by not providing appropriate disclosures to consumers who purchased video business messages using the popular personalized video service. The bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general involved other Midwestern states, including Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Ohio.
(MT. VERNON) Second Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Melissa Morgan announced yesterday that the downstate circuit has again been awarded an “Access to Justice” grant for the third consecutive year with the goal to fund programs aimed to assist self-represented litigants. This year’s award will enable the circuit to add a new location to it’s “Lawyer in the Library” program in White County. This year’s grant will also enable the “Lawyer in the Library” to continue in the counties of Richland, Hamilton, and Gallatin, which were added a year ago in 2023, plus at the pilot location in Franklin County, where the program began in 2022.