the city intends to purchase about approximately 15 homes at a reduced price and begin bringing them back up to code. Between five and seven of those will be rehabilitated and made available for renters,
Daily Herald | Aurora begins spending funds to fight foreclosures
Republican state comptroller candidate William Kelly's bid for an injunction against the Thomson Correctional….
Kelly had no standing to seek a temporary restraining order on behalf of the public and that by representing himself he could only argue his own interests in the case as a Chicago resident. After a hearing of less than a half hour, Agran agreed and ruled the request for a temporary restraining order stricken.
An updated report from the Register Star.
On Dec. 23, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency advised that it is asking the Illinois attorney general’s office to take enforcement action against NDK Crystal “for polluting the soil, air and waters of the state.”
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, has emerged as the lead investigative agency.
The CSB conducts “root cause” investigations of chemical accidents at fixed industrial facilities. The CSB said such accidents usually stem from deficiencies in safety management systems. Other potential causes involve equipment failures, human errors, unforeseen chemical reactions or other hazards.
Click on the following for more details: Questions smolder about NDK explosion, pressure vessel code - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
, dealers moved 5,289 Calibers, up nearly 83 percent from the December 2008 totals when the economy was in full free-fall.
The Jeep Patriot also head a relatively strong month with 2,759 sales, which was up more than 6 percent from last December.
Including the Jeep Compass, dealers increased sales of the Belvidere-built vehicles by more than 33 percent. All three models are assembled at the company’s Belvidere assembly plant, which employs about 2,600 people on two shifts.
Belvidere-built Chrysler vehicles show signs of sales life in Dec. - - BusinessRockford.com
Expedited title requests submitted by noon will be shipped UPS overnight that day. Requests submitted after noon will be shipped UPS overnight the next day.
A $30 expedited fee will be added to the normal transaction fee.
Click on the following for more details: The Belvidere Daily Republican. - Secretary of State announces expedited title service
The branches are all in AMCORE’s smaller markets: Dixon, Freeport, Mendota, Oregon, Peru, Princeton, Rock Falls and Sterling. But the deal involves a significant number of customers.
Midland is buying about $480 million in loans, $540 million in deposits and sweep accounts, and up to $400 million in trust and brokerage account relationships.
AMCORE still has 12 offices in Winnebago County, two in Boone and additional locations in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, as well Columbia, Dane, Lafayette, Milwaukee and Sauk counties in Wisconsin
Click on the following for more details: AMCORE selling 12 more branches - - BusinessRockford.com
Kamrava is accused of gross negligence in three instances: transferring too many embryos, repeatedly transferring fresh embryos when frozen ones were available, and failing to refer Suleman for a mental health evaluation.
Read more by clicking on the following: Daily Herald | State board accuses octuplet doctor of negligence
