Illinois House Approves Doctor Loan Payback Plan
The Illinois House passed HB 6552 offering up to 25000 in grants to physicians who commit to three years of full time service in Illinois. The measure aims to curb doctors leaving the state, with cost estimates ranging 125 million to 625 million and final funding contingent on appropriation.
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Springfield
House
Illinois
Rich Brauer
R-Petersburg
Brauer
Department of Public Health
General Assembly
William Davis
Cazel Crest
Illinois Board of Higher Education
United States
Secretary of State
Cook County cigarette tax hike aims to push quitting
State officials hope the Cook County 82 cent per pack tax increase, effective Thursday, will deter smoking and curb youth uptake. The tax brings Chicago to near New York City levels, adding 2.58 to a pack with county revenue projected at 49 million dollars.
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Chicago
Patricia Smith
New York City
Cook County Board
New York State
Cook County
Robert Maldonado
Governor backs off department shift in Illinois agriculture
Governor Blagojevich will not move the Bureau of Land and Water or the Bureau of Environmental Programs from the Department of Agriculture. State Sen. Lawrence Walsh and Rep. Dan Reitz said the agencies will stay to maintain partnerships with local farmers and industry. The administration argued for consolidation to streamline government, while agriculture groups warned it would weaken Soil and Water Conservation Districts and cost savings were uncertain. Meanwhile the sales tax exemption for feed and farm chemicals remains a focal issue with potential $27 million impact to state coffers. Republicans call the moves a War on Agriculture.
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Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Lawrence Walsh
D-Elwood
Dan Reitz
Steeleville
Bureau of Land and Water
Bureau of Environmental Programs
General Assembly
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Walsh
Blagojevich
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Reitz
Illinois Farm Bureau
Philip Nelson
Senate
Illinois
Council On Food and Agriculture Research
Accuracy Hotline for The Southern Illinoisan Details
A caller reports inaccuracies in a Thursday SIU Carbondale salary story listing raises for Sue Davis Susan Ferry Paul Kowalczyk and Carmen Suarez. The notice provides hotline numbers for corrections and notes the percentages were incorrect.
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Jackson County
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sue Davis
SIUC
Susan Ferry
Paul Kowalczyk
SIU
Carmen Suarez
Siuc Office of Diversity
Six states sue to block Arch Triton coal merger
Six states led by Missouri sue in federal court to block Arch Coal Inc and Triton Coal Co from merging for 364 million dollars. FTC action also seeks to stop the deal, arguing antitrust concerns. The case cites reduced competition in Wyoming's Powder River Basin and potential higher electricity prices.
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ST. Louis
U.S District Court
Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Arch Coal Inc
Triton Coal Co
FTC
Arch
Triton
Wyoming
Powder River Basin
North Rochelle
Buckskin
Wyoming Basin
Missouri
Jay Nixon
Arkansas
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Texas
Chicago Fire Commissioner Resigns Amid Slur Probe
Chicago Fire Commissioner James Joyce resigns amid investigations into the department response to a fatal downtown high rise fire and radio slur incidents. Mayor Daley appoints Cortez Trotter to become the city's first Black fire commissioner as Joyce retires after 39 years with the department.
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Chicago
James Joyce
Richard Daley
Cortez Trotter
Office of Emergency Management and Communications
Joyce
T Am
Chinatown
Trotter
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Philip Morris USA
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Matt.adrian
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