would take effect Jan. 1. It grants a 25% state tax credit to investors in early-stage tech firms.
Boosters of the state’s technology and biomedical sectors said the measure is critical to keep Illinois competitive when vying to retain or attract promising young companies. Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio all offer tax credits to so-called angel investors, who seed start-up firms in their earliest stages.
The employer knowingly operated high pressure vessels even after being warned of the potential for a catastrophic failure due to material design and fabrication defects," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA David Michaels, in a news release.
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The sheriff’s annual salary is $114,395, and the clerk and treasurer are both paid $81,868. Their salaries — which were initially supposed to be adjusted with an annual cost-of-living increase — will remain the same for the next four years.
“I really wasn’t surprised how it went,” said Tom Owens, R-1. “You really only had one person pushing it.”
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