Illinois rolls out first phase of plan to modernize professional licensing

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation launched a new online licensing system this fall, the first phase in a plan to modernize the management and licensing process for service providers across the state. The system improvements are part of efforts to make doing business easier and more efficient for Illinois service providers, the department said in a statement. The Comprehensive Online Regulatory Environment, or CORE, opened on Oct. 30, nearly a year after the...