Mid-session SIU funding and mine reclamation debates reach floor
Legislative focus includes a stalled St. Louis Airport Authority budget, a cut Abandoned Land Mine Reclamation Council, and school funding held harmless bills. SIU Carbondale law school building funds advance, Edwardsville campus P E building hearings loom, East St. Louis designated core city for transit subsidy, and jai alai bill advances with exclusive regional rights contested.
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Illinois
St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority
Columbia-Waterloo, Ill
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Land Mine Reclamation Council
Dave O'Neal
House Appropriations Committee
Chicago
Neal Hartigan
University of Illiois
House Appropriations Committee II
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Senate Appropriations Committee II
Edwardsville
SIU
State Community College of
East St. Louis
BiState
Senate Transportation Committee
Madison
St. Clair
Madison-St. Clair County
Monroe Flinn
D-Cahokia
Jai Alai
Democrats push $42 million education funding boost
Illinois Democrats move to add $42 million to education from Thompson Administration appropriations. Budget talks involve Comptroller Bakalis and cross party discussions, with lawmakers debating cuts and exemptions while considering Medicaid reimbursements and labor impacts on state agencies.
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Thompson
John Dunn
Decatur
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Jim Reilly
Jacksonville
House Revenue Committee
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Beatrice Foods
Stotlar Lumber Company
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Lindsay-Schaub News
Michael Bakalis
Bakalis
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Dalton
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Department of Mines and Minerals
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Kenneth Buzbee
Prisoner Review Board
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James Washburn
Department of Veterans Affairs
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Jack Schaffer
Crystal Lake
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