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Rep. Ford Receives a Perfect 100% Environmental Rating
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Illinois DCEO Announces Three New Clean Energy Workforce Funding Opportunities
Apply by October 30
| The Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program | |
The Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program funds 14 regional Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs (Workforce Hubs) throughout Illinois to provide clean energy and related workforce and training opportunities to participants. The program serves people living in equity eligible communities, with robust barrier reduction funding available for participants who experience barriers to employment.
Community-based organizations that provide employment, skill development, or related services to members of the community are invited to apply. Eligible applicants include community colleges, nonprofits, and local governments that have an operating office in the community or region they serve and demonstrate relationships with residents and other organizations serving the community.
| Energy Transition Navigator Program | The Energy Transition Navigators Program provides outreach, recruitment, and entry services for the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, the Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program, and other CEJA workforce and contractor programs. DCEO will provide grants to not-for-profit community-based providers (“Navigator Teams”) to conduct outreach and recruitment among eligible populations and help ensure they are aware of and engaged in statewide and local workforce and contractor development opportunities. | Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program | |
The Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program provides grants to organizations to operate three regional Pre-apprenticeship Centers throughout Illinois. The Pre-apprenticeship Centers will recruit and prescreen participants and provide free pre-apprenticeship skills training for careers in construction, the building trades, and clean energy. Upon completion, participants will be connected to and prepared to succeed in an apprenticeship program. The program aims to create a qualified and diverse pipeline of workers for clean energy careers.
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations that provide employment, skill development, or related services in the proposed regions; have established relationships with local residents and community organizations; have experience serving low-wage or low-skilled workers from economically disadvantaged communities; and have relationships with registered construction and building trade apprenticeship programs, industry contractors, or contractor associations.
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Chicago Police Superintendent Search
Spanish-Language Community Listening Session
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The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) invites Chicago residents to participate in a citywide listening session conducted entirely in Spanish as part of the search for Chicago’s next Superintendent of Police.
This is an opportunity for Spanish-speaking residents to share their experiences, priorities, and the qualities they would like to see in the next leader of the Chicago Police Department.
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Little Village Lawndale High
School, 3120 S. Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IL
Unable to attend? Residents can share their feedback online through September 30.
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LIHEAP applications are opening soon. Beginning October 1, eligible families can apply by visiting the DCEO website or their local agency.
Eligible applicants include adults 60 and older, individuals with a disability, families with children five years old or younger, and households that are disconnected from their utilities, have a disconnection notice or have less than 25% in their propane tank. Applications for all other eligible households will open on November 1.
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NBC News Reports
October 1, 2026
| 95% of pumpkin crop stolen from Illinois family farm: ‘Incredibly disappointed' | |
Pumpkin season is over before it even began for Meyer's Family Farm in Capron, Illinois.
In a post on Facebook last Thursday, the farm's owners revealed that thieves had entered their field and stolen around 95 percent of their unpicked pumpkin crop.
"Unfortunately, someone entered our field and stole the remaining pumpkins. What we currently have picked is all that we have left for the season," the post read.
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Rep. Ford's Track Record
A Look Back at Rep. Ford’s History of Community Advocacy, Listening, and his Lasting Impact on the West Side
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"Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on."
-Thurgood Marshall, First African-American Supreme court justice
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On This Day in History
October 2, 1967
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History Reports
January 31, 2025
| Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first Black Supreme Court justice | |
Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. As chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the 1940s and ’50s, Marshall was the architect and executor of the legal strategy that ended the era of official racial segregation.
The great-grandson of an enslaved person, Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1908. After being rejected from the University of Maryland Law School on account of his race, he was accepted at all-Black Howard University in Washington, D.C. At Howard, he studied under the tutelage of civil liberties lawyer Charles H. Houston and in 1933 graduated first in his class. In 1936, he joined the legal division of the NAACP, of which Houston was director, and two years later succeeded his mentor in the organization’s top legal post.
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Politico Reports
October 2, 2016
| Thurgood Marshall sworn in as Supreme Court justice: Oct. 2, 1967 | |
On this day in 1967, Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Thurgood Marshall as the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice in the nation’s history. His father, William Marshall, who was a railroad porter, and his mother, Norma, a teacher, instilled in him an appreciation for the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.
Marshall, as chief counsel for the NAACP in the 1940s and ’50s, devised the legal strategy that did much to end officially sanctioned racial segregation in the United States.
| "Thurgood Marshall Nominated to Supreme Court" (Washington D.C., 6/13/1967) | Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice - 1967 | Today in History | 30 Aug 16 | The FIRST Black Supreme Court Justice #onemichistory | Yesterday's Poll Questions | The Las Vegas shooting lasted approximately 10 minutes and resulted in an extraordinarily high number of casualties. What do you think most influences the severity of a mass shooting? | The attacker had checked into the hotel several days before the shooting. How should hotels approach situations involving guests who bring large quantities of firearms or ammunition onto a property? | |
Knowing History Spotlight Moment
October 2, 2026
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1780
Benedict Arnold accomplice hanged
1835
First shots of the Texas Revolution fired in the Battle of Gonzales
1919
Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke
1941
Operation Typhoon is launched
1944
General Eisenhower warns of the risk of “shell shock”
1944
Warsaw Uprising ends
1958
Guinea gains its independence, exploits Cold War tensions
1959
“The Twilight Zone” premieres on TV
1965
Gatorade first tested in a college football game
1967
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first Black Supreme Court justice
1985
Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
2006
Gunman kills five students at Amish school
2020
President Trump announces he and the first lady tested positive for COVID-19
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Things You Should Know
Key Illinois Facts and Important Terms Every American Should Understand
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Take Action in Your Democracy
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Mental Health Resources
Support, Services, and Help When You Need It
| Suicide Prevention Hotline | |
Help is available; speak with someone today:
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline - Dial 988
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Essential Support Services
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Resources for Nonprofit Organizations
Tools, Funding, and Support to Strengthen Your Mission
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National Custodian Day recognizes the vital work of custodians every October 2. These dedicated professionals ensure our schools, offices, and public facilities are clean, safe, and welcoming. Take time today to express your appreciation, offer a kind word, or support initiatives that uplift their essential contributions.
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Statewide Growth Consultation Program Manager
Job Requisition ID: 58887
Opening Date: 09/25/2026
Closing Date: 10/09/2026
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMIN (40070)
Skill Option: Health and Human Services
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $11,000 to $13,000 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
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Data Center Network Security Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 59126
Opening Date: 09/25/2026
Closing Date: 10/09/2026
Agency: Department of Innovation and Technology
Class Title: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST II - 21166
Skill Option: Networking
Bilingual Option:
Salary: Anticipated starting salary: $8,060 monthly; Full range: $8,060-$11,851 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 1
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Special Assistant General Counsel
Job Requisition ID: 58540
Opening Date: 09/08/2026
Closing Date: 10/06/2026
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option: Special License - Illinois Law License
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $10,350 - $11,600/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
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Residential Monitor Floater
Job Requisition ID: 58575
Opening Date: 09/21/2026
Closing Date: 10/05/2026
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: CHILD WELFARE SENIOR SPECIALIST - 07217
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary: $7,602 monthly; Full Range $7,602-$11,110 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 2
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Despite losing 9.1 million jobs in the first two quarters of 2020, small businesses job growth rebounded swiftly following the COVID-19 recession. In the four quarters following, small businesses have gained 5.5 million jobs, making up for 60 percent of the decline during the early pandemic.
Small businesses have generated 12.9 million net new jobs over the past 25 years, accounting for two out of every three jobs added to the economy. For more, read Advocacy’s latest fact sheet, “Small Business Job Creation”.
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