Emergency helicopter service may face fleet cuts in Illinois
State officials warn the Carbondale based emergency helicopter fleet could drop from four to three aircraft. No final decision on grounding any helicopter, though cost demands by hospitals could erase the Carbondale unit. In the year ending June 30 2000 Carbondale logged 60 flights, far fewer than Springfield.
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Springfield
George Hovanec
Bureau of the Budget
Hovanec
Dick Adorjan
Illinois Department of Transportation
Carbondale
The
Transportation Department
George Maroney
Memorial Hospital of
St. Louis
Illinois
Adorian
General Assembly
Carbondale Flight Puts Need for New State EMS Helicopters
Springfield reports 12 month EMS helicopter flights by state fleet show low Carbondale usage and rising costs. The Department estimates $10 to $12 million to replace aging choppers and $2.5 million yearly operating costs. Hospitals face a new downstate fund and private billing options.
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Transportation Department
Two lawmakers challenge map in Illinois court fight
Springfield report says State Sen. N. Duane Noland and Sen. Frank Watson, both Republicans, will seek to overturn a Democrat dominated redistricting map they deem unconstitutional. Noland’s new district shifts north to McLean County while Watson’s covers much of Noland’s former area from Mascoutah to north of Decatur. The lawmakers describe the district as absurd for mixing regions with different interests.
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Springfield
Illinois
Duane Noland
Blue Mound
Frank Watson
Greenville
Watson
Noland
McLean County
Near East St. Louis
Decatur
Mascoutah
Macon County
Lawmakers Challenge Illinois Redistricting Map Over Compactness
State senator Duane Noland and House member Watson question the districts in a complaint stating the map breaks constitutional rules on compactness and communities of interest. The Legislative Redistricting Commission approved the map last month amid Democratic control. Lawyers seek court‑drawn lines and preserve their critiques of the process amid other lawsuits challenging commission selections.
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Noland
Legislative Redistricting Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Noland and Watson
Steve Brown
Michael J. Madigan
Chicago
Senate
Brown
Cindy Huebner
Emil Jones Jr
Watson
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