Rauner sets up 2 workplace task forces; union is skeptical

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration is creating two workplace task forces, but leaders of Illinois’ largest public-employees union say it’s an attempt to distract attention from larger contract issues. Rauner’s office announced Monday the new groups will study job-related injuries and workplace violence. Rauner’s office says the union proposed the groups and…

Riverview Gardens One Step Closer To Accreditation Upgrade

Jefferson City, MO  (KTRS)   Missouri’s education department is recommending  that a north St. Louis County school district regain provisional accreditation. The “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” reports the State Board of Education could approve the upgrade for Riverview Gardens as early as its next meeting on December 2. The school district has been unaccredited for nine years,…