News Progress

•August 11, 2021• Lake Land College to host virtual Court Reporting Technology information session Lake Land College will be hosting a virtual information session for its new Court Reporting Technology Degree special admission program September 1 at 6 p.m. Attendees will learn about the career opportunities available to court reporters. The introduction of the program follows the increased high demand for court reporting and closed-captioning professionals throughout the nation. “Court reporting creates several opportunities for rewarding career paths for students who are interested in developing this skill set,” Lisa Earp, business instructor/director of court reporting/office professionals program coordinator, said. Instructors … Read More

•August 11, 2021• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer The headline read “Seventy employees evacuated, three hospitalized after ammonia leak at Wheeling pizza factory.” All of you anal-retentive types probably shuddered at the thought. One of them was staff writer Russell Lissau. “When people evacuate, they’re emptying their bowels,” he wrote to me. “When buildings evacuate, it means all the people have left. I learned that one on ‘The Wire,’ Season 5.” For the unindoctrinated, “The Wire” was a gritty HBO cop show set in Baltimore. It spent some of its final season in a fictionalized Baltimore Sun newsroom. (The … Read More

•August 11, 2021• On Thursday, July 29, Governor Pritzker signed SB265 into law expanding the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and increasing access to the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP). The PIPP is a companion program to LIHEAP which addresses utility affordability by allowing qualified participants to pay no more than 6% of their monthly income for electric and gas utility services as well as receive forgiveness of 1/12 of their total utility debt for each on time monthly payment. … Read More