Illinois Retail Merchants Association Honors Personal Touch Boutique of East St. Louis as 2025 Retailer of the Year
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/illinois-retail-merchants-association-honors-personal-touch-boutique-of-east-st-louis-as-2025-retailer-of-the-year-87067.cfm
Illinois EDC Adds Four Powerhouse Leaders to Board
https://www.illinoisedc.org/news/illinois-edc-adds-four-powerhouse-leaders-to-board/
Illinois’ food system braces for shake up from SNAP changes
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-state-and-local-food-policy/snap-changes-expected-shake-illinois-food-system
‘There definitely was a need’: CPS, communities host back-to-school events to big crowds
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/chicago-public-schools-back-to-school-events/
Chicago storefront sign restriction efforts a ‘quality of life’ issue for some, but others worry about overreach
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/chicago-storefront-sign-ordinance/
Halpin bill to protect local auctioneers signed into law
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/80-senator-mike-halpin-news/6461-halpin-bill-to-protect-local-auctioneers-signed-into-law
Gov. Pritzker should veto bill inviting lawsuits, turning businesses away
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/07/29/illinois-bill-christopher-columbus-life-jackets-statue-liberty-pete-rose
More than 10,000 in St. Clair County could lose SNAP food benefits
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-07-29/more-than-10-000-in-st-clair-county-could-lose-snap-food-benefits
How Trump’s 2025 Budget Bill Threatens SNAP Benefits for 340,000 Illinois Residents
https://chicagodefender.com/how-trumps-2025-budget-bill-threatens-snap-benefits-for-340000-illinois-residents/
