Dec. 18

• Habitat-Thrivent announcement

• Gov. Blagojevich signs groundbreaking legislation to increase minimum wage in Illinois
  Nearly 650,000 Illinois workers to benefit as minimum hourly wage increases to $7.50; wage to reach $8.25 by 2010

• Gov. Blagojevich announces inauguration plans

• Gov. Blagojevich's hospital assessment plan wins formal approval from the federal government
  Plan means $1.8 billion in new federal funding for Illinois health care system over three years

Dec. 16

• Lincoln gets a little Penache

• Help friends and family be ready for the unexpected with preparedness and safety gifts

• Gov. Blagojevich announces additional funds for mad cow disease surveillance

• Acquisition of helicopters from federal government will strengthen public safety in Rockford, Peoria

Dec. 15

• County audit: slow but sure

• Video helps train law enforcement to handle human trafficking cases

Dec. 14

• ALMH plans new hospital

• Boil order lifted

• Pandemic flu preparedness guide available for Illinois schools

Dec. 13

• City asked to join effort to bring new Abraham Lincoln attraction to town

• Blagojevich administration launches Keep Our Kids Warm and Safe effort

• Backgrounder: 'Hellhole' fiction on the Illinois economy

Dec. 12

• Agreements with Illinois' three major coal-fired power companies lead to approval of state mercury pollution reduction plan
  Plan to improve public health reduces emissions by 90 percent

• Gov. Blagojevich announces historic agreement with Midwest Generation to reduce power plant pollutants and deliver dramatic clean-air benefits

• Gov. Blagojevich names Sheila Nix and Louanner Peters deputy governors for his second term
  After serving governor through first term, Deputy Gov. Bradley Tusk returning to East Coast to work in the private sector

• New study shows sustained health benefits from Department of Human Services programs
  Illinois moms in state-funded maternal and child health programs less likely to have premature or low birth weight babies

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