QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – A computer coding error is forcing a western Illinois election authority to recount about 2,000 ballots cast during early voting. Adams County will send the ballots through the voting machine again on Thursday night. The Illinois State Board of Elections will have someone observe the recount. Representatives of both the Democratic…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has renewed his emphasis on finding waste in taxpayer-funded health care programs. Rauner appeared Wednesday at a Chicago news conference to release a report from a task force he created to study the matter. Established in April, the group has studied the best practices of agency fraud…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Several thousand Springfield Clinic patients insured through Illinois’ health plans will be asked to pay hundreds of dollars in co-payments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs the clinic hasn’t tried to collect for the past year and a half. The State Journal-Register reports that the clinic usually waits to bill patients their…
( KTRS ) A person is in hospital after being struck by a vehicle Monday night in Belleville. The Belleville Fire Department reports that the incident happened around 8:20pm last night in the 4200 block of North Belt West. The victim was transported to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, their condition in unknown at this time.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The University of Illinois Springfield is planning an event in which community members can share their political memorabilia with others while also keeping it in their possession. The State Journal-Register reports that the university’s history department is hosting the “history harvest” Saturday. Residents are asked to bring items that can be…
( KTRS) MetroLink Red Line trains will be back to normal Tuesday morning, after being shut down Monday due to a gas leak. Operations in Illinois between the Memorial Hospital Station, Swansea Station, Belleville Station, and College Station were most affected. No word yet on what caused the gas leak.
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s creating a council that will review state agency rules and regulations with the goal of reducing bureaucracy. Rauner made the announcement Monday morning in the Chicago suburbs. He says each regulatory agency will have a representative on the newly created Illinois Competiveness Council. Officials…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Agriculture is awarding more than $520,000 to projects aimed at strengthening the state’s specialty crop industry, from horseradish to pumpkins and gourds. Agriculture Director Raymond Poe says in a news release that the money comes from the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Among those receiving grants…
( KTRS ) A man charged with kidnapping his 13-year-old stepdaughter and her newborn son is now back in Illinois. 39 yr old Christopher Derleth is in custody in the Madison County Jail on charges of aggravated kidnapping and parental abduction. He was taken into custody last month, after being discovered at a remote West…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Democratic state senator in Illinois says he has started a federal super PAC to combat the millions of dollars that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and his supporters are spending on state Legislative races. Federal Election Commission filings show the Leading Illinois for Tomorrow political action committee, started by Daniel Biss…