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Pritzker Administration Announces Third Month Sales Totals for Adult Use Cannabis
State’s new adult-use cannabis industry generated nearly $36 million in sales in March CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced preliminary numbers show statewide adult-use cannabis sales in March totaled $35,902,543.22. Dispensaries across the state sold 812,203 items over the 31-day period. Sales to Illinois residents totaled $27,096,931.23, while sales…
Read MoreFor Your Health: Watch your well-being during coronavirus distancing
By Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center Daily life has changed to an amazing degree in the last few weeks. As individuals and communities work to contain the spread of COVID-19, one major adjustment for most of us personally is that we now spend much more time at home. This form of physical distancing, or…
Read MoreGet ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s tax plan looks to become the biggest ballot measure in state history
Is it a “fair tax” or a “blank check?” Those will be two of the opposing messages Illinois voters will hear between now and November over the governor’s proposal to flip the state from a flat income tax rate to a graduated one. By TIM JONES Better Government Association The presidential election will be the…
Read MoreFreeburg ESDA on COVID-19
by Eugene Kramer, Coordinator Freeburg ESDA Freeburg ESDA has been receiving and sharing all data concerning the COVID-19 virus with our local Emergency Service partners of Police, Fire, Public Works, and our various divisions of Ministers On Special Emergency Services, Local Team of Nurses and of course the Community Storm Shelter managers. Every effort is…
Read MoreCOVID19 National Emergency
Provided by Eugene Kramer ESDA Coordinator for Freeburg The President of the United States has recently addressed the Nation concerning issuing a “National Emergency” as it relates to the COVID-19 virus. My ESDA office is getting notifications from the IDPH and CDC via a rapid notification system. This is a Hazardous Health response Notification ONLY.…
Read MoreFor Your Health: The bottom line on preventing colon cancer
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and while that may not be the first thing that pops to mind in this month of March Madness and the first days of spring, it’s worth paying attention to. Really. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in…
Read MoreFor Your Health – The buzz on coffee and health
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center For something that so many people love, coffee has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to health. Even among coffee drinkers themselves, surveys have found that a large majority believe their regular habit is, to some degree, unhealthy. And that perception is puzzling because good…
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