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• Ethanol plant moving forward

• Illinois Youth Center-Murphysboro celebrates 100th cadet graduation

• Gov. Blagojevich announces new labor laws that ensure fair wages and better conditions for thousands of workers
  Strengthened laws effective Jan 1 will protect over 300,000 day laborers and provide stiffer penalties for violations of the Prevailing Wage Act

Top Stories from the past week

Jan. 4

• Racetrack owners upset

• Child Lures program kits arriving

• Weather highlights across the nation
  Data shows Katrina was a Category 3 hurricane

Jan. 3

• Gov. Blagojevich announces start of tougher laws against human trafficking and a campaign to help victims
  Letter calls on U.S. Defense Department to implement strong policy against human trafficking
  New human trafficking law took effect Jan. 1, establishing Illinois as a nationwide leader in combating human trafficking

• Grant to help Keep Warm Illinois campaign
  Tips on weatherproofing homes and businesses

• Other news:

• Illinois Association of Drainage Districts to host annual conference

Dec. 30

• Illinois records show child support collections up in 2005

• Gov. Blagojevich announces start of health care expansion for 56,000 more working parents

Dec. 29

• New state fees to be added to annual animal registration
  County continues to support animal control

• Eight-state group focuses on earthquake preparedness

• Other news:

  • More than 20,000 people reached by successful advocacy campaign on a gender-sensitive electoral law in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Campaign urges equal access of women and men to electoral mandates and electoral offices

  • Twenty-four groups receive grants to end violence against women
    United Nations Trust Fund grants awarded to initiatives in 30 countries

  • Ethiopia: African women combatants and promoting humanitarian rules

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