CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Drivers on Interstate 74 will soon see signs honoring a late Champaign state senator.
IDOT will hang the signs up along portions of I-74 between Route 45 and the Indiana state line Thursday, according to State Senator Paul Faraci (D-Champaign).
Faraci, a friend of Bennett and his successor in the Illinois State Senate, announced he is holding a dedication ceremony for the new signs Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn joins Lisa Dent to explain why he feels the Chicago Bears latest proposal to build a state-of-the-art, domed lakefront stadium would have a negative impact on taxpayers. Quinn also explain why there should be a referendum on the ballot to let the people decide if public funds should be used for the project.
The Chicago Bears stood with Mayor Brandon Johnson at Soldier Field on Wednesday to launch their public push for a domed stadium on a reimagined lakefront that could cost nearly $5 billion, but the pitch was met with wariness from the triumvirate in Springfield that ultimately will control its fate.
Despite Johnson’s ringing endorsement for the plan that would see the Bears chip in about $2.3 billion in private funding, Gov.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn in a month and budget discussions are already underway. The Illinois Secretary of State and Attorney General told the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday that they are both prioritizing cybersecurity improvements in their budget requests.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is proposing an $825 million budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren, along with Mayor Brandon Johnson, invoked the illustrious name of the legendary architect Daniel Burnham more than a dozen times Wednesday in their slick public presentation on the team’s domed-stadium plan for Chicago’s lakefront.
That makes sense from a public relations perspective. It was Burnham’s Plan of Chicago that established the idea of a city lakefront that would be “forever open, clear and free.”
(The Center Square) – While Gov. J.B. Pritzker contends southern states are creating chaos by sending non-citizen migrants to Illinois, a Republican state senator says Pritzker is “gaslighting” taxpayers.
Pritzker was asked Monday about the ongoing migrant crisis. He said the problem is leaders in Texas sending migrants to the state unannounced.
“Why do they do that?
The mayor, who has put himself far beyond the hesitance of Pritzker and other state leaders, must now walk the walk in Springfield or suffer a very public defeat.
Joining us on The 21st today is State Senator Celina Villanueva. As a Democrat, she serves as the Chair of the Revenue Committee and the Senate Chair of the Illinois Latino Caucus.
Our conversation will begin with a discussion on the state budget allocation and the legislative priorities of the Latino Caucus for this session. We will then shift our focus to the topic of migrants, discussing the current influx and Senator Villanueva’s stance on the funding allocated for them.
The Madison County Board approved a referendum on Illinois’ separation from Chicago
The Chicago Bears — one of the National Football League’s charter franchises — on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new stadium project on the lakefront partly funded by the public that would give the team a facility in line with many of the NFL’s ultra-modern, fan-friendly structures.
Joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local political leaders, team officials held a noontime news conference at their current home — 100-year-old Soldier Field — where they detailed what the multi-purpose, fix-roofed, 77,000-capacity stadium and surrounding area would look like and sketched out how the plan would be funded.
Michelle Eccles anchors NPR Illinois’ Morning Edition. Michelle has more than 30 years of experience in broadcasting which all began at her high school radio station, Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale for her Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a focus in Radio Television and went on to become an award winning anchor and reporter for stations in Decatur and Springfield.
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At the end of last week, the Illinois House of Representatives worked through what is known as the “Third Reading deadline.” The deadline represents the final day a House Bill which can be debated on the House floor and passed over to the Senate.
Failure of a bill to advance by the Third Reading deadline does not, however, necessarily mean that an issue is dead.
Gov. JB Pritzker hasn’t been shy about his progressive agenda since launching his first gubernatorial campaign in April 2017, earning plenty of devotees and detractors.
But for all the hot-button topics, successes and failures, it’s possible no single issue will have a more significant bearing on the way Pritzker leaves his mark on Illinois than how he manages public pensions.
* Mayor Johnson will attend the Bears’ press conference today unveiling plans for its new domed stadium. From a media advisory…
Mayor Brandon Johnson will attend the Lakeshore Redevelopment Press Conference.
Location: Soldier Field, 1410 S. Museum Campus Dr.
Time: 12:00 p.m.
* From a mayoral runoff debate in early March of 2023…
Mary Ann Ahern: The Chicago Bears.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker took to the campaign trail over the weekend to stump for President Joseph Biden, taking advantage of the 420 weed high holiday as an opportunity to tout the cannabis policy reforms made by the current administration. At a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday, Pritzker said that cannabis policy reform can have significant economic benefits in states that legalize marijuana for adults.
At my first meeting of the National Association of State Treasurers, a fellow Treasurer offered an observation: “If you have seen one state treasurer’s office, you have seen one state treasurer’s office.”
What he meant was that Treasurer’s Offices have different responsibilities from state to state. That can be confusing.
Almost every organization we have belonged to in our lives has had a treasurer.
There soon might be a change in the process of receiving a teaching license in Illinois thanks to new legislation.
House Bill 5057 introduced by Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, is a bill that would slightly change the process to become a teacher. It would allow the State Board of education to create a content test for those seeking to teach first through sixth grade.
When it comes to ensuring that our children get a nutritious start to a day of learning, Illinois has room for improvement.
As the principal of an elementary school that has been providing free breakfasts to students during school hours for six years, I see firsthand the difference a morning meal makes. Kids who eat breakfast perform better on tests, take fewer trips to the nurse and attend more school days per year.
