Check out what’s happening in central Illinois: Second City performs ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Sweater’ at ICC on Nov. 30; ‘Sound of Music’ at Peoria Players; Supreme Court sketch artist Art Lien at Riverfront Museum; and check out the scene on your screens for November
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Labor roundup: Union Retiree Health Fair is back at the JATC on Oct. 10
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Labor unrest rampant all over airline industry from Oregon/Washington machinists to Association of Flight Attendant/Communications Workers of America; Illinois warehouse, DHL workers join Teamsters
Sky Art artists named
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Seven local artists were recognized for their art in the Sky Art Peoria Program from ArtsPartners of Central Illinois
Labor roundup: Area loses ‘Lion of Labor’
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Steamfitter Local 353’s Larry Dawson was 81; strikers settle with Illinois American Water; AFL-CIO endorses Harris for president
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WCBU: No new landfill for another 15 years? County doesn’t think so
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Despite contract to build Landfill #3, GFL pivots to using transfer station in Hopedale
ARTS ALERTS: ‘Ignite Peoria’ at Civic Center, Italian American Fest at Hickory Grove; Jazz at Trailside, First United Methodist Church
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Corn Stock presents “Nine” and “The Mousetrap” and Peoria Players perform “Mean Girls: High School Version” plus Art Guild offering all kinds of classes
West Peoria News: Our beautiful trees are more than just scenery
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Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this month
Finally, Big Oil facing days in court
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There are more than 30 cases filed by state attorneys general, cities, counties and tribal nations against companies including Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell. Many show oil companies’ own research projecting the dangers of climate change decades ago, after which the industry denied the threat and attacked scientific consensus about the crisis
Labor roundup: Starbucks in Pekin unionizes
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Legislators move to make union dues deductible in Illinois; report shows 344 workers died per day in 2022