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This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter wishes our readers a safe and enjoyable holiday season, shares new laws going into effect in 2025, recaps the 2024 ISACo Annual Luncheon and shares photos from the event, announces the 2025 Lame Duck and Spring Session dates, highlights the pay transparency law going into effect in 2025, makes county officials and staff aware of the minimum wage increase taking effect next year, reports on the pay stub requirement that all Illinois employers must follow next year, includes a list of grant recipients for local parks across the state, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, highlights ISACo corporate partner PMA-IPRIME and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes information about energy efficiency and conservation block grant funding, highlights Illinois' new winter weather rule, provides information on a leadership program designed for government leaders, invites county officials and staff to join an ISACo Policy Committee, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner GovText Ascendant App. and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes a Veto Session update, congratulates the November NACo Leadership Academy graduates and invites county officials to sign up for the next January cohort, makes readers aware of open applications for the 2025 Supportive Housing Institute, reports on grant money awarded to certified local tourism and convention bureaus across the state, invites county officials and staff to join an ISACo Policy Committee, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, reminds county officials to register for the 2025 National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference in Washington D.C., announces upcoming NACo webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner Intergovernmental Personnel Benefit Cooperative (IPBC) and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes a Veto session update, informs county officials about the Lame Duck session dates for January, provides a link to register for the 2025 National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference, reports on the Illinois employment rates for October, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner Constellation Telecom and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes Illinois election and Veto Session updates, makes county officials aware of an Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) Paid Leave for All Workers Act webinar opportunity, highlights additional funding available for the Residential Sharps Collection Program, shares information about funding available for groups with health disparities, provides information about the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Certified Local Government Grants Program, announces a notice of funding opportunity for the Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, informs county officials about the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Swift Current grant program, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo's corporate partnership with Public Surplus and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes the upcoming veto session schedule, links to the Illinois Department of Revenue News and Updates for October, shares information about a new online licensing system offered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), highlights a supplemental notice of funding opportunity through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), provides an update about the Get Covered Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment and release rates for 2025, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner Nationwide and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes the ISACo October County Quarterly Newsletter, shares the ISACo Transit Reform Resource Page, reports on a final lead service line replacement rule, informs county officials about the Environment, Energy and Land Use Committee discussion about recycling programs, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner PMA-PRIME and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter makes county officials aware of a salary transparency law that takes effect in 2025, shares that October was proclaimed "Cybersecurity Awareness Month," reports on a new dashboard offered by Cook County to track opioid, firearm and temperature deaths, includes information about millions awarded in grant money through the Get Covered Illinois Navigator Program, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming Public Surplus and National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter shares a new Transit Reform Resource Page launched by ISACo, announces expanded eligibility for energy efficient grant opportunities through the Energy Efficiency Assessment and the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Programs, links to an Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) grant opportunity, reports on a federal disaster declaration for severe weather and flooding in several Illinois counties, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming Public Surplus and National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo's corporate partnership with Mahoney, Silverman and Cross, LLC and invites counties to join ISACo.

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter provides a link to ISACo's 2024 spring legislative session resource page, announces the opening of the U.S. headquarters for an electric vehicle (EV) plant in Illinois, highlights recipients of the Natural Area Stewardship Grant Award, shares the Illinois employment rates for the month of August, makes county officials aware of the rise in unlicensed dental care in the state, shares what ISACo staff is reading to stay informed, announces upcoming Public Surplus and National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar opportunities, highlights ISACo corporate partner United Healthcare and invites counties to join ISACo.