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Angela Cheng

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Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

Angela Cheng

Overdose awareness rally, grants for literacy, new law requires pay transparency

Later today, there’s gonna be a rally downtown to raise awareness about the overdose crisis. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces 146 grants for libraries and other organizations that support literacy. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed a law that will require pay transparency in job listings.

Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

Angela Cheng

   

Later today, there’s gonna be a rally downtown to raise awareness about the overdose crisis. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces 146 grants for libraries and other organizations that support literacy. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed a law that will require pay transparency in job listings.

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