(Quad Cities) - The Quad Cities Chamber has retained Waverly Partners, LLC to begin the search for the next CEO to lead the organization. Waverly Partners is a national executive search firm and the preferred provider of executive search services of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Flooding catastrophe from Harvey to persist in Texas, Louisiana as locally severe storms erupt

AccuWeather Global Headquarters - August 31, 2017 - AccuWeather reports while Harvey has made its final landfall in the United States and will ultimately diminish over land, impact from the storm will be ongoing as new incidents of flooding and severe weather occur.

Chicago - Daniel Biss released the following statement after voting against school vouchers.

"Today, Bruce Rauner used a school funding crisis he created to get even more tax breaks for millionaires and fund private schools with taxpayer dollars. Middle class parents like me are fed up with footing the bill for rich people's tax cuts.

HAMPTON, Ill. (Aug. 29, 2017) – A group of seven tipis will be on display at Illiniwek Forest Preserve Sept. 29 and 30 for a Tipi Gathering designed to provide a glimpse at life of the great plains Native American culture.

The free, educational event will feature music, storytelling, drum circles and dancing. The tipis will also be available for the public to tour.