Unions push VDT safeguards in Illinois drive
Labor groups press for stricter state rules on video display terminals amid calls for regulation. Some employers already address concerns while business leaders warn of cost and enforceability. The bill targets workers spending half their time at terminals and would require eye exams, adjustable chairs, proper lighting, and other safeguards.
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State to fund mental health aid for disturbed youths
Springfield officials announce the Joint Service Children's Initiative to distribute over 1 million in grants to 27 organizations through June. An additional 2.1 million will fund the program in the July start fiscal year, managed by the Departments of Children and Family Services and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
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Joint Service Children’s Initiative
Gordon Johnson
Department of Children and Family Services
Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Illinois House considers consent forms for breast cancer surgeries
In a set of Springfield AP briefs Rep. Dick Klemm proposes requiring signed consent forms for breast cancer biopsies or mastectomies and mandates discussion of alternatives before radical procedures. The measure, patterned after a Pennsylvania law, aims to enhance informed patient choices.
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Dick Klemm
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Klemm
Pennsylvania
Illinois bars Wiscon sin utility from shipping spent nuclear fuel
The Illinois Nuclear Safety Department bars Wisconsin Electric Power Co from shipping spent nuclear fuel through Illinois until 15,000 in delinquent fees are paid. Wisconsin Electric says no more shipments are planned as the fuel is already stored at Point Beach. The Illinois attorney general's office reviews action to collect the fees.
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Point Beach
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Terry Lash
Lisa Berman
Anti nuke vigil tracks side in Illinois towns
Protesters held trackside vigils in Aurora and Rochelle to urge local control over nuclear waste movement from Minnesota. Organizers said eight to 10 in Aurora and about 16 in Rochelle. a train believed carrying spent fuel passed through en route to a Morris disposal site. No arrests were reported.
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Rochelle
Morris
Betty Barr
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