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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog
* Crain’s is reporting that Gov. Quinn will propose a $2,500 per job hiring tax credit for small businesses tomorrow…
The governor hopes the measure will generate as many as 20,000 jobs.
According to a source in Mr. Quinn’s office, the p...
Posted by Behind the Curtain
When the Herndon’s clothing business moved in the late 1920s from their location at Fifth and Adams Street two blocks south to an Art Deco style building at 421 E. Capitol, they instantly updated their image by 50 years.
Within the modern movement in ar...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog
All of those things could have taken SEVERAL Years to complete.You have to ask yourself, “How badly must my house have been designed for me to have to do all this work” The answer is VERY badly. The big housing push in post WWII America led t...
Posted by First Reading
Everybody loves Girl Scout cookies, and the Rochester Village Board is no exception.
Trustees were treated to a box of Thin Mint cookies during their meeting Monday night, compliments of Girl Scout Troop 6582.
The troop, comprised of fifth-graders from Ro...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 2 days 6 minutes ago.
A record number of students from the University of Illinois Springfield will spend their spring break volunteering in Galveston, Texas helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Ike.The 45 students and 3 advisers will leave Springfield on Friday, M...
Posted by Springfield Moms 2 days 38 minutes ago.
If you have kids who love to create artwork, there are exciting new classes being offered by the Springfield Art Association this spring.
SAA Education Coordinator Katie Rasmussen notes the following two classes in particular:
“Outstanding ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 2 hours ago.
* Bill Brady said this during his campaign kickoff fly-around yesterday…
“Our statewide ticket is not only broad-based in terms of geography, but also in terms of ancestry and background, unlike the Democrats’ ticket,” Brady said.
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Posted by Courtney Westlake 2 days 2 hours ago.
So this totally made my ENTIRE WEEK yesterday... ...when I woke up and saw that this sweet picture of Boston had been chosen a semi-finalist for Pioneer Woman's kitty photo assignment contest!I loooooove me some Pioneer Woman and subscribe to all of her b...
Posted by Podcasting and Vodcasting 2 days 12 hours ago.
\"The next few years could be crucial for determining how this balance tips for lecture videos, which can be produced for next to nothing but remain highly valuable in the eyes of professors and administrators.\"
Posted by Better Springfield Transit 2 days 13 hours ago.
So, today I spend the day walking and riding the bus around Springfield. 14.7 miles! I proved that it CAN be done! You can live in Springfield without a car. But it still ain't easy. We need good transit options, including bike racks on buses and more f...
Posted by Matt Penning Images 2 days 16 hours ago.
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Posted by Techno-News Blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
This might go a little far in terms of PR gimmicks. And I highly doubt you'll see any Seattle politicians follow suit. But you've got to give the mayor of Topeka, Kansas some credit for creative thinking. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, Mayor Bil...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
Apple could lower the price of the next version of the iPhone, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst, who also suggested in a widely publicized research note that the iPad tablet PC would begin selling in late March, a timeline already alluded to by Apple...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
Internet security techniques must adapt to keep up with the rising tide of net attacks say officials. The issue is top of the agenda at the world's biggest security conference hosted by vendor RSA.
Posted by neuropathology blog 2 days 16 hours ago.
During the pre-exam pathology review session at my medical school, one of the students asked about the relative incidence of metastases to the CNS versus primary CNS neoplasms. I answered that metastases are ten times more common than primary tumors. Afte...
Posted by 101 Goals in 1001 Days 2 days 17 hours ago.
16. read 10 books off Times Top 100 changed to go to a book signing and get a book signed (more info) — I changed this because I hadn’t read one book of this list yet and it didn’t seem likely that I would want to start. I did, however, ...
Posted by First Reading 2 days 17 hours ago.
Berns, Clancy and Associates – an engineering, surveying and planning consulting firm based in Urbana and Danville – has compiled municipal property tax data for 80 communities in central Illinois.
The list was sent to Chatham Village Presiden...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 2 days 18 hours ago.
University of Illinois President Stanley Ikenberry spoke to UIS employees and answered their questions during a March 5, 2010 presentation in Brookens Auditorium.Watch portions of Ikenberry’s comments on state funding, furloughs and the search for the n...
Posted by Where Dave Is 2 days 18 hours ago.
Dave and Dad are…
Surrounded by racists and pedophiles.Well, not really, or not entirely, but it’s a more dramatic opener if I forgo cultural sensitivity for sensationalism. And either way, we saw some pretty strange stuff today.
But what else would...
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