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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Bill to honor two U.S. presidents with ties to Illinois with statues introduced in State Capitol
A bill introduced in the State Capitol would honor the
legacy of two U.S. presidents with ties to Illinois with statues: Barack Obama
and Ronald Reagan.
“Reagan was a Republican, Obama’s a Democrat,” State Sen.
Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City), the bill’s ...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Illinois Board of Higher Education seeks 7.7% funding hike as enrollment dips
The Illinois Board of Higher Education wants more funding at
a time when enrollment in state public colleges and universities has declined.
The board has proposed a fiscal year 2024 budget of $2.5
billion, a 7.7% increase for general funds, excluding pension costs, despite a
0.5% decline in enrollment.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Madigan ally doesn't want jury to hear about 'rape in Champaign' email
An ally of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan
doesn't want a jury to hear about a 2012 email he sent that mentioned an
alleged rape in Champaign and fraudulent payroll practices.
Michael McClain, a former state lawmaker, longtime lobbyist
and close confidante of Madigan, asked the judge in his corruption tr...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Support Special Olympics Illinois with your purchase of Illinois Lottery’s “Fat Wallet” Instant Ticket
In 2014, the Illinois Lottery launched the nation’s first
specialty lottery ticket benefiting the Special Olympics, the world’s largest
sports organization for individuals living with intellectual and physical disabilities.
While funds raised from most Illinois Lottery specialty tickets are distributed
through grants awarded to numerous organizations working in a s...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The Illinois museum built on Native American burial mounds
Every day when Logan Pappenfort is at work, he tries not to
dwell on what’s under his feet. Beneath the south wing of the museum where he’s
interim director are the remains of at least 234 of his ancestors.
For more than 800 years, they lay undisturbed, carefully
buried inside a mound of earth overlooking a...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Utility says clean energy standards behind proposed rate hike
Ameren Illinois says the transition to clean energy is behind
price increases proposed to the Illinois Commerce Commission.
The company is asking for more than a $160 million gas rate
hike and a four-year $435 million electric rate increase.
Ameren Communicat...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
What is on the Horizon in Springfield
The 103rd General Assembly is wasting little time
introducing more bills. Some are old concepts being reintroduced and others are
new. Regardless of which category they fit in, many are bad ideas. Here are
some of the bills being opposed by the Illinois Sheriff’s Association.
HB1. Legalizes psilocybin mushrooms a...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
What to know ahead of Pritzker’s budget proposal to lawmakers
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