From Illinois Business Journal news services CHICAGO – The state is easing disciplinary actions regarding small infractions by pharmacies, saying past efforts have been unfairly burdensome on licensees. To increase regulatory compliance while reducing legal costs and regulatory burdens for licensed pharmacies, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said Monday it has…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services EDWARDSVILLE – Sponsors of the American Legion Great Lakes Regional baseball tourney are moving the six-day event to Edwardsville this year to prevent a recurrence of last year’s near washout. The games are being shifted from Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Community Park in Alton to Roy E.…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services Southern Illinois University Edwardsville today announced that it is reducing its intercollegiate athletic programs from 18 to 16 effective June 30. Men’s tennis and women’s golf will be removed from SIUE’s sport program roster. The decision impacts eight men’s tennis student-athletes and eight women’s golf student-athletes currently on…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services CLAYTON, Mo. — Olin Corp. announced Friday that John E. Fischer, Olin’s president and chief operating officer, has been elected by the board to succeed Joseph D. Rupp as Olin’s president and chief executive officer, effective May 1. Olin also announced that the board of directors intends to…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday asked President Barack Obama to approve federal assistance to help people, businesses and local governments in several Illinois counties recover from record and near-record flooding and severe storms in late December and early January. Rauner requested federal assistance for people and…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services Work will begin in earnest this coming week on a project to construct a new ramp that will connect eastbound traffic from the Martin Luther King Bridge to westbound Interstate 55/64. The Illinois Department of Transportation will close one lane of westbound I-55/64 between Third Street and Tudor…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services CHICAGO – Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan this week announced creation of a bipartisan special House committee to review Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to establish a private company that will work with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to dole out state money and…

NEW YORK — Dodge Data & Analytics today reported on January construction starts in the metropolitan statistical area of St. Louis, consisting of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Jersey, Lincoln, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Louis, Warren and Washington in Illinois and Missouri. According to Dodge Data & Analytics, the latest…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services CHICAGO – The Boeing board of directors has elected Leanne Caret president and chief executive officer of the company’s Defense, Space & Security business, based in St. Louis, effective March 1. She will succeed Chris Chadwick, who has announced his retirement from the company. Caret, 49, a 28-year…

  From Illinois Business Journal news services COLLINSVILLE — Ameren Illinois crews are out in full force today, tackling repairs brought on by the late-winter storm. More than 500 Ameren Illinois employees and contractors are repairing and assessing damages throughout the central and southern Illinois territory in the wake of a massive snow and wind…