A coalition of environmental and agricultural groups are encouraging state lawmakers to expand the Illinois Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program (FCSS).
Eliot Clay, land use programs director with the Illinois Environmental Council, tells Brownfield…
“We’re really interested in this as an environmental organization because of where we’re at with nutrient loss reduction in the state.”
The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
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As state lawmakers work to finalize a budget and revenue package, the Civic Federation on Tuesday urged the state to be more cautious in its spending levels and warned that the CTA, Metra and Pace are "fast approaching a looming fiscal crisis."
The watchdog group also urged Gov.
* Center for Tax and Budget Accountability…
FULLY FUNDING THE EVIDENCE-BASED FORMULA: FY 2025 PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET, the newest report released today from the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA, finds that at the current rate of state funding – $300 million per year – Illinois’ Evidence-Based Funding for Student Success Act (EBF) will not be fully funded until FY 2034.
Hard Rock Casino Rockford’s interim casino reaped 11% more revenue through the first four months of 2024, according to data from the Illinois Gaming Board. (Photo provided by Hard Rock Casino Rockford)ROCKFORD — Hard Rock Casino Rockford’s revenue from gambling has increased 11% through the first four months of the year, according to new data from the Illinois Gaming Board.
American Place casino owner Full House Resorts produced record earnings in the first quarter of the year led by the performance of The Temporary at American Place in Waukegan.
Producing a 39.6% earnings increase over the first quarter of last year, Full House President and CEO Daniel R. Lee said in a press release the effort was “led by American Place.”
We try to address a wide variety of state government topics here at Eye On Illinois, but even while spraying to as many fields as possible there are unavoidable trends.
One such theme is lack of follow through. Put another way: the state giving itself more power than it can effectively exercise.
Consider last week’s Capitol News Illinois report about lawmaker hearings examining the role of pharmacy benefit managers, the third-party intermediaries that negotiate prices pharmacies and health insurers pay to source prescription drugs from the manufacturers.
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About 300 programs could close when federal grants distributed by the Illinois State Board of Education expire next month. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports.
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Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens, who also is the assistant House minority leader in the General Assembly, publicly backed the Bears’ plans for a new Chicago lakefront stadium on Monday. “I think the Chicago Bears belong in Chicago,” he said.
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The governor of Illinois and top leaders in both chambers of the state legislature have thrown cold water on the Bears’ request for public subsidies to develop a new Chicago lakefront stadium.
On Wednesday, hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teacher will descend on Springfield to lobby lawmakers in what they’re calling a “day of action” for what they contend is more than $1 billion “owed” to the city’s school system by the state.
CPS is giving those teachers a paid day off from their actual jobs — teaching children — to go begging in the capital.
Less than two weeks until its scheduled adjournment, state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker appear to be at-odds in budget negotiations.
The Democratic governor is requesting legislative approval of a $52.7 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, accompanied with approximately $800 million in tax increases. Those increases, namely extending an expiring cap on losses that corporations can claim on taxes to gain $526 million and increasing the tax on sportsbooks’ revenues from 15% to 35% to collect another $200 million, are meeting resistance in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Dr. Sameer Vohra is coming up on 18 months as the director of the Illinois department of public health. He joined the department at the tail end of the worst parts of the pandemic. His first year and a half has been defined by getting it ready for the next disaster.
"We are every day thinking about improving our preparedness," Vohra said.
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers plan to make a second push to create a statewide office to help under-resourced public defenders after a previous effort fizzled amid questions over whether the office would remain independent of the judiciary.
Senate President Don Harmon filed the initial bill to create an Office of Public Defense Trial Support last month, but the two-page proposal provided scant details about how a statewide system would work.
(The Center Square) – Legislation in the Illinois General Assembly would make it more difficult to qualify for a rebate on an electric vehicle purchase.
In January 2023, rebates of up to $4,000 for EVs and $1,500 for electric motorcycles became available in Illinois. In the first round, Illinois’ EV rebate program cost taxpayers $19 million.
About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 recipients have been disenrolled.
Speaking at a news conference in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated the fact that 2.6 million Illinoisans remained on the rolls despite redeterminations beginning anew, saying “this is what good government looks like.”
BROADVIEW, Ill., May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ –On the heels of being named Proviso Township Committeeman, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch is focusing on building the local party with the launch of the Democratic Party of Proviso.
Community members and elected officials can join the Democratic Party of Proviso and volunteer for various committees by visiting ProvisoDems.com
Under the 340B program, manufacturers who participate in Medicaid agree to provide outpatient drugs to covered organizations or hospitals at significantly reduced prices.
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Time is running short on the Illinois legislative session, and we are dialing 911 for the critical 340B drug discount program to protect patient care.
We represent 54 community health centers across Illinois providing care to more than 1.5 million people, many of whom are low-income, uninsured or underinsured.
Senate Republican Leader John Curran discusses his legislation that would make fleeing from police in a vehicle a felony. With him, from left, are Lemont Police Chief Marc Maton, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres and state Sen. Seth Lewis.
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If any legislation has a chance of gaining substantial bipartisan approval in the Illinois General Assembly, you would think it would be Senate Bill 1807.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — An Illinois LGBTQ advocacy group is asking legislators to decriminalize prostitution in the state.
At a news conference last Wednesday, Equality Illinois board member and former prostitute Reyna Ortiz, urged lawmakers to consider decriminalizing sex work, according to The Center Square.
“Like anyone else going to work, it’s important to be safe and feel protected under the law.
