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News Release: Gov. Pritzker Announces $42 Million Water Assistance Program for Low-Income Households
Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces $42 Million Water Assistance Program for Low-Income Households
New Program to Offer Water/Sewer Billing Relief for Residents at Risk of Service Shutoff
CHICAGO —Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced a new program available to assist low-income Illinois families experiencing economic hardship. A new ...read more
Categories: Community
Friday, December 03, 2021
Additional Halts Placed on
Federal Vaccination Mandates
On November 30, a U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana blocked the enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate on vaccinations for healthcare employees. The preliminary injunction against the CMS specifically questions whether or not that organization has the statutory and/or constitutional ...read more
Categories: Community
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Bettendorf, IA – Five out of five Ascentra Mortgage Loan Originators (MLO), or “mortgage experts” received a President’s Club or Winner’s Circle Award from the Iowa Mortgage Association (IMA), during their 2021 Fall Conference in Des Moines.The IMA presents their President’s Club and Winner’s Circle Awards to Iowa’s top producing MLOs each year. Ascentra’s mortgage team includes Elaine Moeller, ...read more
Categories: Chamber, General News Article, Press Release, Community
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—November 17, 2021
Contact: Brooke Hendrickx, Director of Development and Communications brookeh@childabuseqc.org
Child Abuse Council Develops and Launches Innovative Virtual Reality Training for Home-Visiting Staff
MOLINE, ILLINOIS—While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital tools at human services nonprofits across the country, few are making such ...read more
Categories: Community
Monday, November 08, 2021
Go Local with TBK Bank is back for this holiday season and our goal hasn’t changed! We want to encourage everyone in our community to shop, eat, play, and give locally.
To drive people into local businesses we will be hosting a drawing for over $10,000 in Visa gift cards. To enter the drawing, community members must visit any participating business, scan the Go Local QR code, and fill out ...read more
Categories: Community
Monday, November 08, 2021
(MRA News)
Appeals Filed Against OSHA's ETS
On Friday, November 5, OSHA published the anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or testing for employers with 100 or more employees. On Saturday, November 6, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah and South Carolina) filed challenges to the ETS, which resulted in a “stay”, or temporary ...read more
Categories: Community
Friday, November 05, 2021
BETTENDORF, IOWA – New for Ascentra’s 2021-2022 scholarship competition is the addition of five, $1,000 scholarships dedicated to Ascentra members who are planning on entering a vocational or trade school program.“The continuously growing need for employees amongst the trades has changed the way students are thinking about their careers. We wanted to make sure that our local students had an equal ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Chamber, Economic, Press Release
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Dear Members and Stakeholders,
With the collaboration of our partners at the United States Hispanic Chamber, we have some exciting news to update you on. Recently, the United States Census Bureau released 2020 data demonstrating what we already knew. Latinos/as are growing in population faster than any other group and Latinos/as will drive America's economic future growth.
The latest data ...read more
