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Report supports calls for national paid sick-leave policy, impacting Illinois

SPRINGFIELD -- New research suggests access to emergency paid leave could help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Supporters of a broader paid-time-off proposal say it's needed in states like Illinois, where there's no such requirement. The study says states with access to emergency paid leave during the crisis have seen 400 fewer COVID cases per day. It was led by Cornell University and the Swiss Economic Institute. Paid-leave group demands Senate vote on House relief bill Dawn Huckelbridge is […]

todayOctober 23, 2020

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Pritzker issues serious threat yet to Illinois bars, restaurants that defy orders

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday even stricter rules for one region of the state and said state officials would be tracking down businesses throughout Illinois that don’t follow the added restrictions. The governor is tightening restrictions in Region 1 in northwest Illinois where the COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 11.2 percent on Thursday. Region 1, which has been under Tier 1 restrictions since Oct. 3, is the first region in the state to be moved […]

todayOctober 22, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

After nearly seven months, Quibi to cease operations

LOS ANGELES -- Quibi, a short-form entertainment content streaming service, announced Wednesday that they will be shutting down some seven months after its public launch. A Wall Street Journal report states that amid mounting problems, the service has opted to shut itself down. Thus ends a year full of high-flying expectations for the entertainment start-up that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, issued a public statement that the […]

todayOctober 22, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Conservative media group, associates implicated as part of pink-slime journalism scheme

CHICAGO -- A Chicagoland "pink slime" journalism group may have likely been exposed by a university journalism organization. A recent study from Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center for Digital Journalism reveals that a West Central Illinois news source is a "pink slime" journalism source. This source is among 27 online and seven print publications in the state. However, it's part of a much larger media machine. An expose which was published over the weekend in the New York Times would […]

todayOctober 20, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Starting a new business from scratch in New Mexico

New Mexico is quickly becoming a famous state for incorporating a business. Forbes mentions that the average job growth in 2018 was 1.9% within the state, partially due to more companies seeing it as an excellent place to set up. New business owners want to benefit from a readily available workforce. This, along with a friendly tax rate, can help both them and their company prosper. If you're going to put together a New Mexico company, this is how you […]

todayOctober 20, 2020

Breaking News

CCN forced to suspend news operations due to blatant Google censorship

ASKER, Norway -- A Norwegian media outlet that actively covers news on cryptocurrency is being forced to suspend their operations due to censorship from Big Tech. Capital & Celeb News, better known as CCN, would release a blog post on Wednesday night alerting loyal readers of their situation. The announcement would come from founder and director Jonas Borchgrevink. "We are in a difficult period," states Borchgrevink. "Not due to Coronavirus, but due to Google and Google's power over us as […]

todayOctober 7, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Radio network revamps broadcasting schedule

NOKOMIS -- Effective midnight Monday, Sept. 28, regular listeners will notice some changes to our radio broadcast schedule. Some changes are very small. However, other changes will be quite significant. During the week, we normally carry the daily newscast from Public News Service until 6 PM. While our partnership with the news service will continue, the daily newscasts will run from midnight until 11 AM Central time. For the remaining half of the day, we will be carrying the hourly […]

todaySeptember 27, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Warning signs gamers should seek in Microsoft buying Bethesda in recent deal

What would you do when you have $7.5 billion in your bank account? Would you build an exclusive beach house after acquiring a private island in the Pacific? How about renting out a snowy resort in the Alps so you can hit the slopes with your reliable Giro ski helmet and Burton snowboards? With that amount of money, most people won't need to work a day in their lives. They would enjoy what the world has to offer and fulfill whatever activity […]

todaySeptember 22, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

LRN could terminate satellite ops for Liberty-oriented programming

KEENE, N.H. -- Unless fundraising improves in the upcoming months, a New Hampshire-based Internet radio network may have to terminate satellite operations. A September 1 update from Liberty Radio Network (LRN.FM, also known as LRN) co-founder Ian Freeman states that the end of satellite operations could be a possibility. A tale of two satellite operations for LRN Freeman notes that in 2011, LRN.FM was sent out via satellite across North and Central America. Later, in 2012, a satellite feed would go […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020

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