( KTRS ) The flow of cash to several state health services will stop this week if Illinois enters a second straight year without a budget. Not approving a spending plan by Friday could also mean schools won’t know whether they’ll stay open through the year, and vendors that have provided services without payments could file lawsuits to…
CHICAGO (AP) – A Cook County judge has ordered Illinois to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of diseases eligible for medical marijuana treatment in a case filed by a military veteran. Judge Neil Cohen on Tuesday ordered the Department of Public Health’s director to add PTSD within 30 days. The sternly worded ruling says…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says he likely will freeze tens of millions of dollars of spending in Missouri’s new budget. Missouri’s roughly $27 billion operating budget for the 2017 fiscal year is to take effect Friday. Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to analyze the final revenue figures for the current fiscal…