SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Democrats approved a $3.9 billion bill to fund colleges and various social service programs while the state operates without a budget, but their plan is expected to be rejected by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Republicans have blasted the proposal, saying Democrats have not shown how they will pay for it…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House has passed a measure to suspend fines for drivers who are late renewing their vehicle license plates until the state can continue mailing reminders. The bill advanced out of the Illinois House unanimously Tuesday and now goes to the Illinois Senate for consideration. The secretary of state stopped…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois House Democrats advanced a $3.9 billion measure to fund colleges and human services programs while the state operates without a budget. Republicans say the plan headed to the Senate is a hoax and that there’s no money for it. In remarks before the vote Tuesday, House Speaker Michael Madigan blamed…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois health officials have proposed new rules requiring parents who oppose vaccinating their children based on religious reasons to provide a special document to schools and child care facilities each year. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reports that the Illinois Department of Public Health proposal is in response to…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) – Illinois health officials are proposing new rules requiring parents who oppose vaccinating their children based on religious reasons to provide a special document to schools and child care facilities each year. The Illinois Department of Public Health’s proposal is in response to a law approved last year. The law created a…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A federal study recommending that a U.S. spy agency remain in St. Louis rather than move to Illinois contains geographical errors that officials in the losing state hope will bolster their efforts to win the $1.6 billion project. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has preliminarily selected a blighted section of north St.…
CHICAGO (AP) – Rank-and-file Illinois lawmakers frustrated by the 10-month state budget impasse are meeting on their own in bipartisan groups to discuss potential solutions. Some of those legislators spoke Monday in Chicago during a forum on the budget hosted by The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. State Reps. William Davis, a Homewood Democrat, and…
( KTRS ) An Illinois State Police report, on a special operation, shows successful results. ISP created the special enforcement memorial operation, in dedication to Trooper James Sauter, who was killed in the line of duty on in March, 2013, when his squad car was struck by a tractor trailer on I-294. The truck driver…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Reports of racial epithets by some Southern Illinois University students at Carbondale campus residence hall forums have prompted an investigation by school officials. University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith tells The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (bit.ly/25SJrrR ) the inquiry was launched in response to a formal complaint. Freshman Leilani Bartlett, who’s black, alleges in…
( KTRS ) Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly are proposing $1.3 billion in spending to cover human services. Christine Radogno is minority leader of the Senate. She and House GOP Leader Jim Durkin say most of the money would come from state funds set up for special purposes. The money in those funds can’t…