Illinois Businesses Push Immigration Reform
Posted: 9:53 PM A new group of business leaders wants to recruit 300 CEOs and 1,000 small businesses in Illinois to push for immigration reform.
Posted: 9:53 PM A new group of business leaders wants to recruit 300 CEOs and 1,000 small businesses in Illinois to push for immigration reform.
Posted: 12:43 PM Mark Schwendau, instructor for Computer Aided Design (CAD) at Kishwaukee College, will be offering a free workshop for local entrepreneurs and inventors on Wednesday, April 10 from 6 – 7:30p.m. in Room A-415 at the College to assist them in preparation for the Stateline FastPitch Competition.
Posted: 4:17 AM Boeing CEO Jim McNerney is sure his company is "very close" to getting its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet back flying again.
Posted: 11:36 AM The Annual Dixon Community-wide Garage Sales are set for April 26-27.
Posted: 11:34 AM Attorney General Lisa Madigan today reminded Illinois borrowers who are eligible for compensation under the $335 million national settlement with Countrywide over lending discrimination to submit their claim forms by Friday to benefit from the settlement.
Updated: 2:17 AM A Boeing 787 Dreamliner hit the air Monday for the first time with a redesigned battery system.
Posted: 7:08 PM The Janesville Mall has announced that there are newly executed leases for two new stores to open this spring. The new additions for 2013 will introduce Tiger Lily and Yankee Candle an all-time favorite and highly requested store for Janesville Mall.
Updated: 6:12 PM VIPAR Heavy Duty and Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) jointly announced today the completion of a new three year agreement. Under the agreement, VIPAR Heavy Duty will offer Accuride WheelsTM, made in Rockford Gunite® wheel-end components, and Imperial Group products.
Posted: 7:44 AM The number of people seeking unemployment aid barely changed last week and the average over the past month fell to a fresh five-year low.
Posted: 1:42 PM Red Shed Preschool has joined the Roscoe Area Chamber of Commerce and celebrated with a ribbon cutting Tuesday, March 19th at their location of 13535 Metric Road in Roscoe.
Posted: 1:34 PM At its monthly meeting on March 20, 2013 the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners will announce the hiring of the agency’s new Executive Director. Michael Holan will replace retiring Executive Director, Tom Kalousek, beginning April 10, 2013.
Posted: 12:57 PM YWCA USA CEO, Dara Richardson-Heron, appointed Kris Kieper, YWCA of Rockford, to the inaugural YWCA USA CEO Advisory Council.
Posted: 5:59 PM Beginning Monday, April 1st, the Byron Area Chamber of Commerce office will be located in City Hall, on the 2nd floor.
Posted: 12:39 PM Comfort Keepers of Northwest Illinois announces that owner Jim Wilson has accepted a position as board member for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Updated: 1:06 AM Boeing executives say commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets will resume "within weeks, not months" with a third of safety tests already completed.
Updated: 12:59 AM A House committee has approved a bi-partisan pension overhaul that requires more employee contributions and floats the issue of shifting pension costs to local school districts.
Posted: 4:49 AM McDonald's is rolling out a yolk-free version of its Egg McMuffin this spring.
Posted: 4:45 AM A new poll says working moms increasingly want to work full time outside the home, and tough economic times might be a big reason.
Posted: 4:41 AM The foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac says the number of homes seized by lenders last month fell 11 percent from January and 29 percent from the same time last year.
Posted: 11:02 PM A Stateline manufacturing company is growing and looking to hire.
Posted: 1:20 PM M&S Tobacco & More is a new store in Durand, Illinois.
