( KTRS ) Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it’s taking steps in three areas to “compromise” while the Republican remains deadlocked with legislative Democrats over a budget. Rauner’s office says it has reached an agreement with labor and business unions on proposed unemployment insurance changes. The administration also said it would ease restrictions on who…
GALATIA, Ill. (AP) – One of two mines in a southern Illinois community is expected to cease operations by the middle of next year. The Carbondale Southern Illinoisan reports Friday that it’s the American Coal Company’s New Era Mine that’ll close as it reaches the end of its reserves. The other mine in Galatia, New…
Officials predict there will be a dozen dispensaries by the end of the month and up to 25 by the end of the year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An online effort has been launched to try to raise enough money to put Christmas lights on the Illinois State Capitol dome this holiday season. The Springfield State Journal-Register reports that Illinois Policy Institute executive vice president Kristina Rasmussen launched the GoFundMe website on Thursday. Earlier this week Secretary of State…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (AP) – Federal prosecutors have handed former Congressman Aaron Schock a second subpoena for financial records, texts and emails as part of a grand jury probe into spending by the Peoria Republican. The new subpoena was disclosed Thursday as prosecutor Timothy Bass appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Sue Myerscough. Bass said it’s…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – Dynegy says it’s closing its Wood River Power Station in southern Illinois because of economic reasons. The company said in a news release Wednesday that it’s closing the 465-megawatt facility in Alton because of its “uneconomic operation” in a “poorly designed wholesale capacity market” in central and southern Illinois. That system,…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – Contract negotiations in southwestern Illinois will resume with a federal mediator after a teachers union gave the Alton school district notice of a possible strike. The teachers’ union has twice rejected the Alton School District’s contract offer and voted last week to serve notice of a possible strike. The (Alton) Telegraph…
( KTRS ) The number of Illinois patients approved to use medical marijuana continues to climb as dispensaries get ready to sell the drug for the first time. The Illinois Department of Public Health says it has approved 3,300 patients to use medical marijuana in the state’s pilot program, including 20 children. The department began mailing…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A divided Illinois Supreme Court has again rejected a $10.1 billion class-action judgment against cigarette maker Phillip Morris over its marketing of “low-tar” tobacco products. The 4-2 ruling released Wednesday vacates a 2014 decision by Illinois’ 5th District Appellate Court to reinstate the Madison County verdict. The state Supreme Court first…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois has joined 17 states supporting new domestic power plant limits being challenged in federal court by more than two dozen other states. The motion to intervene was filed Wednesday in a federal appellate court in Washington by state Attorney General Lisa Madigan. California, New York and Virginia are among the…