Eleven nursing homes in DuPage County received below-average scores from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after the federal agency updated its nursing home rating system for consumers in April.

Republican state Rep. Amy Grant (Wheaton) argues that small business owners in her 41st District and across the state of Illinois deserve better than what they are currently getting from Springfield.

Iona Glos Specialized Living Center, a 100-bed intermediate and developmentally disabled care center in Addison, was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act in the first quarter of 2019.

A medical breathing tube most suitable for children is in short supply due to the shutdown of the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement.

The Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook has made plenty of headlines over the detection of ethylene oxide (EtO), used by the plant to sterilize medical equipment, in local air samples. While news reports have linked exposure to the gas to a higher risk of contracting cancer, company officials and independent air quality experts have repeatedly said that the trace levels of EtO detected in the air, some of it almost certainly from vehicle exhaust and other sources, pose no health risk to area residents.

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) says it should come as no surprise that so many Illinois businesses are taking their expansion plans to Indiana and other neighboring states.

An air-quality expert and frequent critic of Michael Hawthorne’s reporting on the environment told DuPage Policy Journal that he wasn’t surprised the Chicago Tribune staffer was a finalist for a regional journalism award for his coverage of Sterigenics, the Willowbrook plant that uses ethylene oxide (EtO) gas to sterilize medical equipment.

A Darien Police report has been filed against Hinsdale D86 School Board Vice President Kevin Camden over a harassing call he made to the relative of a business owner who has “Vote No” referendum opposition signs in his yard.

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce will host an Illinois Worker's Compensation workshop Tuesday, April 2 at the NIU Center in Naperville beginning at 10 a.m.

Following the passage of a March 2012 voter Referendum, the City of Elmhurst contracted to procure electric supply in a municipal electric aggregation program for residents and small businesses.

Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-North Aurora) expressed his opposition on the Senate floor Thursday to a bill that removes local government power from collective bargaining.

The City of West Chicago has announced its annual call for vendors for the 2019 Blooming Fest event which will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. EPA are at odds regarding the shutdown of portions of Sterigenics in Willowbrook.

Kim Zoeller wishes lawmakers in Springfield doggedly pushing for a minimum wage increase would see the same big picture she does.

Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) spoke out in opposition to a bill that would raise the minimum wage in Illinois on Wednesday during a House Labor and Commerce Committee hearing.

West Suburban Nursing and Rehab Center, a 259-bed skilled care facility in Bloomingdale, was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The Chicago Tribune distorted EPA findings of ethylene oxide (EO) emissions from Sterigenics to fit a predetermined conclusion concerning the level of danger from the plant, according to Rich Trzupek, a Heartland Institute policy advisor on the environment and energy.

While he supports minimum-wage-increase legislation, State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) does not agree with a recent bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

High taxes, record debt, underfunded pensions, notorious corruption, and an ongoing urban crime problem are only a few of Illinois’ most pressing problems.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a January 23 executive order committing Illinois to the expensive energy sources and failed carbon-dioxide reduction goals of the United Nations and the Paris Climate Agreement.