Land reclamation bill clears House in Illinois
The Illinois House approved 141 to 2 a land reclamation bill to create a state agency enforcing federal strip mining restoration rules. It aligns with the 1977 Land Reclamation Act, aims to restore farmland and water quality, and moves to the Senate for further action amid debates over defining prime farmland and balancing coal with agriculture.
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Springftei
House
Illinois
Senate
Gilbert Deavers
Bloomington
Frank Beal
Illinois Institute For Environmental Quality
Feds
Beal
Sandy McAvoy
Illinois Environmental Council
Duplicate bill clears for SIU law school building
A Senate appropriations panel approved a $7.5 million bill for a new SIU law school building on the Carbondale campus and sent it to the floor, after a parallel House panel advanced a similar measure. SIU cited ABA accreditation pressure. In regional business, the House also approved transferring 62 acres of Anna State Hospital land to Anna for a city park, by a 130-8 vote.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
House
Illinois
SIU
American Bar Association
Anna State Hospital
City of
Anna
Illinois House approves hikes in hunting and fishing fees
The Illinois House passed bills to raise annual hunting licenses from 3 to 7 dollars and sport fishing licenses from 2 to 5 dollars, aiming to fund conservation. The measure, supported by major groups and the Department of Conservation, is projected to raise about 5 million dollars annually and support an 18 million dollar salmon and bass hatchery at Sand Ridge State Forest.
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Springfield
Illinois
Ronald E. Griesheimer
House
Senate
Sand Ridge State Forest
Illinois River
State Department of Conservation
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