Mental Health Monday With Rocki [VIDEO]
It’s mental health Monday. Time to check in with yourself after the weekend and before the week ahead – How are you? And, I’m not asking socially. I’m asking for you to really ask yourself and reflect
New Illinois law allows for gender-neutral multiple-occupancy bathrooms to be built in buildings
H.B. 1286 – signed by Governor JB Pritzker on Friday – will allow businesses, universities, and building owners to install gender-neutral multiple-occupancy restrooms if they so choose. For those businesses that adopt restrooms of this nature, the
Chefs prepare meals for Maui fire victims, ask other islands to send frozen food
Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Without taking a beat, the culinary world sprang into action to help survivors on Maui in the wake of the deadly wildfires that tore through the historic harbor town
Biden administration begins wiping out student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers
Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Starting Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers will start to receive emails from their servicers with the subject line “Your student loans have been forgiven.” The notices will come
Multi-occupancy genderless bathrooms are now legal in Illinois
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure that allows multi-occupancy bathrooms in the Land of Lincoln to be genderless if a business or public institution chooses. State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, filed House
Illinois becomes 1st state to regulate kid influencers: What to know about the law
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — During the coronavirus pandemic, Shreya Nallamothu, now 16, said she, like so many others, began to spend more time on social media, where she saw countless parents who documented their own
47 Illinois human services workers fired, disciplined over pandemic fraud
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is talking publicly about an ongoing probe into Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud by Illinois state workers. According to the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General, the employees facing
White House outlines Maui fire response, says Biden is 'deeply concerned'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday outlined steps being taken to aid Maui amid its deadly wildfires, and defended against questions about President Joe Biden’s response. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell
Michael Oher, subject of 'The Blind Side,' alleges Tuohy family profited from lie
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images (NEW YORK ) — Michael Oher, a former NFL star whose inspiring life story was the subject of the 2009 film “The Blind Side,” is alleging that the family who supposedly adopted him never
Maui wildfire survivor recounts harrowing experience hiding behind beach drywall
Courtesy Denny Yuckert (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — A longtime Lahaina resident said he’s “been through hell and back” after he and dozens of his neighbors raced through the deadly wildfires that struck the island, as they waited in