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* Crain’s | Pritzker, 14 other governors ask major pharmacies to clarify abortion pill distribution plan: Pritzker and other members of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, which includes California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, sent a letter to executives at CVS Health, Walmart, Rite-Aid, Safeway, Health Mart, Kroger, Costco and Target, seeking their position on where and how they will sell abortion medications, such as mifepristone
* WGN | Program helps Illinois teen moms earn high school degree: In Harvey, there is a small tucked away building doing big things for young moms and their babies. The Blanche Foxworthy Infant Care Center and Teen Parent Program provides toddlers and their young mothers with the support needed.
* Tribune | Biden EPA plans to limit toxic forever chemicals in drinking water for the first time: In Illinois alone, the drinking water of more than 660,000 people is contaminated at levels exceeding the proposed standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. The most widely detected versions of the chemicals build up in human blood, cause cancer and other diseases and take years to leave the body.
* WTVO | Illinois State Police issue warning over Chicago expressway shootings: Police say in 2022, road rage was reported in approximately 40% of Chicago area expressway shootings handled by ISP. This is up from 12% in 2021. Already in 2023, road rage has been reported in at least nine Chicago area expressway shootings.
* WCBU | Meet the Illinois journalists planting new publications to ward off encroaching news deserts: DeVilder and Berry decided to start a new community news website called the Kewanee Voice after she attended a webinar hosted by the Institute for Nonprofit News. Berry said an online approach has some advantages. “You don’t have to worry about getting the thing printed, you don’t have to buy paper and they run a press or anything like that, and you don’t have to pay people to deliver the paper. They can just get it on their phone or on their tablet or whatever,” he said.
* Fox 2 | $2.4M for Cahokia Heights, Illinois sewer and water upgrades: It’s the first part of more than $22 million from the state expected to support the project.
* Pantagraph | Bloomington OKs $500K for police anti-violence, crime programs: A $500,000 budget ordinance to fund of a series of violence reduction and prevention programs initiated by the Bloomington Police Department was approved by the City Council on Monday.
* Crain’s | Baker Tilly CEO abruptly quits before accounting firm can name a successor: “It was time to bring in a different skill set,” said industry consultant Allan Koltin, who advises the firm. Though he described Whitman’s CEO performance as “probably the greatest run of any CEO in a top 25 accounting firm,” he said, after numerous mergers and revenue of $1.3 billion, “it probably requires a different type of governance going forward . . . and more collaboration.”
* AP | Facebook parent Meta to lay off another 10,000 workers: The company in February posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok.
* Aurora Beacon-News | Three candidates running for alderman at-large seat on Aurora City Council: The race for alderman at-large on the Aurora City Council in the April 4 election includes incumbent Sherman Jenkins and challengers John Laesch and Mansa Latham Williams.
* Daily Herald | Eighth annual A Cup of Hope raises $208,000 for Northern Illinois Food Bank: The Executive Women’s Council of Northern Illinois Food Bank is made up of a group of 30 women working and living in Northern Illinois dedicated to solving hunger. The council works in partnership with the Food Bank to enhance the Child Nutrition Program and support the Food Bank by engaging women to donate time, food and funds to help solve hunger in Northern Illinois.
* WICS | Voters narrow field to top 8 coolest products made in Illinois: Over the past week, voters chose their favorites in eight head-to-head matchups between individual products, with more than 130,000 votes cast in this round.
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Tuesday, Mar 14, 23 @ 1:41 pm
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===There is no local news on the (Kewanee) Star-Courier’s homepage, and no employees listed on the paper’s staff directory. The homepages of the Canton Daily Ledger and McDonough County Voice look virtually identical, with Powerball numbers slotted in as each paper’s top homepage story. The Star-Courier no longer has a physical office in Kewanee. The situation is similar to Macomb, where the McDonough County Voice’s lease expires at the end of this month.===
Gannett / Gatehouse (owner of 11 Illinois dailies) barely goes through the motions of providing local news coverage these days and some days there’s none at all. What a disgrace.
Comment by jackmac Tuesday, Mar 14, 23 @ 3:22 pm
==Gannett / Gatehouse (owner of 11 Illinois dailies) barely goes through the motions of providing local news coverage these days and some days there’s none at all==
And yet they claim, including in the SJ-R, that they are seeking along the lines of trying to do an innovative approach in deliving local news. Only if innovative means destroying several long-running newspapers.
Comment by Stuck in Celliniland Tuesday, Mar 14, 23 @ 3:24 pm
How Community Impact Built an Oasis in the News Desert
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/community-impact-local-newspapers-business/
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