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News from June 2019

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Air quality expert predicts media will target industry when EPA lowers Chicagoland’s air quality status

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 14, 2019

Sometime this summer the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (EPA) is expected to move the six-county Chicago region from a “moderate” nonattainment category for ground-level ozone (smog) to a “serious” one.

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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Pritzker Signs Reproductive Health Act, Making Illinois a National Leader Amid Flurry of Attacks on Reproductive Rights

By Press release submission | Jun 14, 2019

Making good on his promise to make Illinois the most progressive state in the nation for women's reproductive rights, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Reproductive Health Act on Wednesday, enshrining a woman's right to choose into law.

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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH: Illinois State Cancer Registry Nationally Recognized as a Registry of Excellence

By Press release submission | Jun 13, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognizing the Illinois State Cancer Registry as a National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Registry of Excellence.

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Op-Ed: Will $45 billion fix all of the potholes in Illinois?

By Dennis Byrne | Jun 13, 2019

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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: IDOA Extends Application Date To Apply Dicamba

By Press release submission | Jun 12, 2019

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced it will extend the application date the herbicide dicamba can be applied on soybeans in Illinois for the 2019 growing season until July 15.

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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: IDNR Accepting Applications for OSLAD and LWCF Grant Programs

By Press release submission | Jun 11, 2019

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced applications will be accepted for grants through the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant programs beginning July 1, 2019.

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ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: Illinois Department of Corrections, Local Residents Join Forces With State To Fight Flooding

By Press release submission | Jun 10, 2019

Protecting critical infrastructure is a priority in any flood operation.

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Sen. Oberweis opposes gambling expansion bill

By Kyla Asbury | Jun 10, 2019

The Illinois Senate passed a bill on June 2 that supports a vertical capital bill and expands the state's gambling access.

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Late-session election bill stirs House debate

By Kyla Asbury | Jun 10, 2019

Tensions were high during a House Executive Committee while discussion a bill that makes changes to election laws.

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ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 16-Unit Supportive Housing Development Opens in Northlake

By Press release submission | Jun 7, 2019

State investment provides permanent housing and supportive services to help individuals with disabilities to live independently

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IDNR: Reminds Holiday Revelers to Leave Fireworks Displays to Those Who Are Licensed and Trained

By Press release submission | Jun 7, 2019

Fireworks Show Sponsors Reminded to Check Credentials of Fireworks Vendors

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Wirepoints: Pritzker's capital budget 'is madness'

By Angela Underwood | Jun 7, 2019

Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon believes Gov. J.B. Pritzker went overboard with his excessive budget for the state's infrastructure.

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ICE-PAC director attacks language in abortion bill

By Angela Underwood | Jun 7, 2019

Illinois Citizens for Ethics-Political Action Committee (ICE-PAC) Executive Director David Avignone believes the authors of Senate Bill 25 wrote the state's controversial new abortion legislation with intentional opaqueness.

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Palos Community Hospital OB-GYN tells Senate committee that abortion bill legalizes 'killing'

By Angela Underwood | Jun 7, 2019

In her recent testimony before the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee, Palos Community Hospital gynecologist Dr. Miriam Tierny asked how decriminalizing abortion prosecution in Senate Bill 25 is not in itself a crime.

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Reform for Illinois director Kaplan holds no blame for Sen. Brady as long as he 'acts ethically'

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 6, 2019

Reform for Illinois' Alisa Kaplan just wants to see Republican state Sen. Bill Brady (Bloomington) do the job the people of the 44th District entrusted him to do.

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Home Builders Association speaks out against amendment to Wage Payment and Collection Act

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 6, 2019

Bill Ward is convinced he knows who the real power brokers were behind the push for the enactment of House Bill 2838.

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New subsidies for U of I in 2020 budget won't make college more affordable, according to IPI report

By Karen Kidd | Jun 6, 2019

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be getting more in subsidies in the state's 2020 fiscal budget. However, a report from the nonpartisan Chicago-based think tank the Illinois Policy Institute from about two years ago shows that universities in Illinois should lower their tuition rates rather than continue to fund already inflated costs with tax dollars.

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Edgar County Watchdog Kraft says Brady's choice is simple: 'Resign, or quit making those profits'

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 6, 2019

Edgar County Watchdog John Kraft has a simple rule of thumb when determining a Springfield lawmaker's ability to serve their constituents.

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New Trier, other wealthy school districts shifting their built-in pension spiking costs to taxpayers statewide

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 6, 2019

To spike their pensions, New Trier high school teachers, a few years from retirement, had six percent annual bumps in salary written into their 2016-2019 contracts.

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Passion drives Empower Illinois, One Chance Illinois to save TCS program from state budget axe

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 6, 2019

President Myles Mendoza and staffers at Empower Illinois, One Chance Illinois Action have no problem finding motivation for the work they do.