Williams wins appropriations fight SIU gets $3 million back
Springfield Rep. Gale Williams backed restoring about 3 million to the SIU appropriations bill. The move would fund salaries and fringe benefits, nearly 2.7 million, and reduce potential layoffs at SIU. Amendments to capital improvements also restored 1909 816 for a security building at AIU Carbondale.
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Siu
Michael A. Smith
Lindsay - Schaub
Springfield
Gale Williams
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois Universi
House
Ilinois
Senate Democrats
Senate
STU
AIU Carbondale
Area to get new little statehouse in Illinois
Lawmakers race to finish work before adjournment with four days left as the Illinois Senate takes over the rush from the House. Transportation education reapportionment and labor issues remain to be resolved amid dozens of bills. Provisions include public employee bargaining, teachers language tests, gun owner advisory referendum, meeting recordings, election day liquor sales, and a MLK holiday proposal.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Ilinois Senate
House
Senate
St. Patrick’s Day
Diinois
Martin Luther King
Decatur
Richard Oglesby
Ogilvie creates 27 county regional system for state agencies
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie signed an executive order establishing centralized administrative regions across Illinois state agencies. The plan, aimed at replacing fragmented zones, will place most regional offices in new “little statehouses” with Marion and East St. Louis as hubs. Marion will serve a 27 county area from Fayette to Massac.
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Richard H. Teen
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
East St. Louis
Marion
Itially
Madison
St. Clair
Monroe
Randolph Washington
Clinton
Bond
Fayette
Efffingham
Jasper
Crawford
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Macon
Champaign
Vermilion
McLean
Cook
Ogilvie
Illinois House approves 1.2 billion welfare budget
The Illinois House passed a 1.2 billion welfare plan with 104 supporting votes, sending the measure back to the Senate for concurrence. Critics cited cost and program scope, with Rep Webber Borchers calling welfare a scourge and some lawmakers voting present over concerns for other state programs. The package includes provisions for 900 case workers and work requirements for able-bodied recipients when jobs exist.
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Springfield
Thellinois House
Senate
House
Richard B. Ogilvie
Webber Borchers
R-Decatur
Ogilvie
Donald Henss
Rock Island
Henss
Weather Forecast: Heat Builds With Highs Near 97
The forecast calls for hot humid conditions today and tonight with highs around 97, a low in the mid 70s, and continued heat through the week. Monday remains sunny and hot with highs in the upper 90s. Nighttime lows stay in the 70s with a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday.
Perry County to seek funds for county wide dispatch link up
Perry County plans to file for funds to run a central dispatch station for county radio communications. The system run by the Sheriff’s Office in Pinckneyville would offer 911 access for emergencies and may be first of its kind in the state. Total cost about 150 522 with state and federal share 112 891 and local 37 680.
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Southern Dinoisan
Perry County Board of] Commissioners
Perry County
Sheriff's Office
Pinckneyville
Conner Barney West
West
du Quoin
Tamaroa
Willisville
Cutler
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University
State Police
Department of Transportation
Amtrack
General Assembly
Red
Challenges dismissed in Illinois Senate contests
Democrats on the Illinois Senate Elections Committee dismissed election contests against Senators Maede Blatz Roholer and Donald Carpentier. With the chamber evenly split, neither party can secure 30 votes to oust the senators, though removing Blatz and Carpentier could give Democrats a 31 vote edge. Senator William Lyons was reported ill, potentially affecting proceedings.
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Springfield
Linois Senate
Maede Blatz
Rdoler
Donald Carpentier
Moline
Senate
Blatz and Carpentier
Wiliam Lyons
D-Gillespie
Perame
Student backed bill to fund scholarships fails in House
The House Education Committee defeated a bill from Sen. Stanley Weaver that would match student contributions from University of Illinois registration fees to create a needy student scholarship fund. A 10-9 vote kept the measure from advancing, despite calls from student witnesses and debate over eligibility and future state funding.
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Lindsay - Schaub
Boringfield
Tines House
Charles Ciabaugh
R-Champaign
House
University of Tlinois
Stanley Weaver
Rurbana
Three Die In Rock Fest Showdown At Louisiana Gathering
McCrea Louisiana AP reports a violent clash at a rock festival drawing about 50 000 to riverland farmland. A narcotics agent fired warning shots during an arrest attempt and two bodies were recovered from the Atchafalaya River as thousands sought relief from heat and dust. Medical staff reported 1 000 to 1 500 people treated daily with 150 to 200 cases of supervised medical operation across rock festivals including Woodstock.
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Pointe Coupee Parish
Atchafalaya
John Thomas
State Police Narcotics Division
Thomas
William Abruzzi
Woodstock
17 Killed in Fiery Blast in Water District Tunnel
The last bodies of 17 victims were brought to the surface from a Metropolitan Water District tunnel in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills. Rescue operations were ongoing as authorities provided updates on the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District
San Cabriel Mountain
Road rail funds for Southern Illinois in package
A $900 million Illinois transportation package aims to spread funds across the state with highways airports and revived intercity rail and bus services. Downstate projects include new highways a north south freeway city east west routes and airport improvements in East St. Louis with regional rail and bus transit aid and potential Amtrak service restoration contingent on local funding and state approval.
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Michael A. Smith
Lindsay-Sehaub
Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Richard B. Ogilvie
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Chicago Transit Authority
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Cook County
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Finois
Roelsford
Decatur
Salem
Centralia
Chicago
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Frankfort
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Moline
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Ind
Carbondale
Quincy
Danville
Savarina
Peoria
East Dubuque
Office of Mass Transportation
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