Free assistance is available to complete college and financial aid applications. From the Illinois Student Assistance Commission: October is College Changes Everything® (CCE) Month in Illinois, when students are completing…

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity hosting a Webinar for local businesses hoping to apply for Business Interruption (BIG) Grant funding to help weather the Coronavirus shutdown and lingering…

Expiration dates for Illinois driver’s licenses and ID cards have been extended until February 1, 2021. See More here from WLS Chicago.

This week, the Illinois Commerce Commission announced the moratorium on disconnections has voluntarily been extended by several state regulated utilities through the Winter 2021 for eligible low-income residential customers, and…

Rep Ugaste enjoyed “virtual” reading to first graders at H.C. Storm Elementary School in Batavia this week.

We remember. And we honor those who lost their lives.

Have a safe and happy Labor Day!

State Representative Dan Ugaste supports fellow Republican House members filing a request to form a Special Investigating Committee to look into recent corruption allegations against House Speaker Mike Madigan. A…

Be alert for COVID contact tracing scams making the rounds in Illinois. Legitimate contact tracers will not ask for your Social Security number, and contact tracing does not require an…

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has submitted its application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to access federal Lost Wage Assistance funds. Under the program, individuals unemployed as a…