Weekly RoundUp: Minorities in the construction field
Last week, The News-Gazette reported that a Peoria-based construction company was ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for falsely claiming it would hire…
Last week, The News-Gazette reported that a Peoria-based construction company was ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for falsely claiming it would hire…
By Robert Holly/For CU-CitizenAccess The Housing Authority of Champaign County recently joined the Moving to Work program in an effort to increase jobs and…
By Staff/CU-CitizenAccess.org President Obama called for an increase in the minimum wage in his State of the Union address. He proposed raising the current…
By Britney Clapp / For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Since 2008, the U.S. economy has taken a downfall, and many businesses have been forced to close.…
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein/Hoy -- Rantoul is a town with a proud military heritage. You see it on the name “Veterans Parkway” and the…
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That’s been the national mantra since the Great Recession hit in 2008, and it does not seem to be going anywhere.…