Springfield News
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Legislators gathered for more than two hours Tuesday to hear testimony on a major shakeup to the state’s hospital assessment system. Illinois Hospital Association CEO AJ Wilhelmi sought to calm safety net hospital officials worried that a proposed new formula to calculate Medicaid payments would dent their bottom lines or ultimately lead to closure.
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JAN 30, 2018
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JAN 23, 2018
A five-committee panel of state lawmakers met in Chicago Monday to hear further testimony on the full legalization, taxation and regulation of cannabis in the state. The focus on the joint subject matter hearing were SB316, sponsored by Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and HB2353, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). Monday’s was the fourth meeting arranged on the topic by the two.
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JAN 22, 2018
Monday, Jan. 22 - Five-committee joint hearing on cannabis
9:00 a.m. - Chicago - Sen. and Illinois Attorney General candidate Kwame Raoul will join officials from the Chicago Teachers Union for an announcement in the West Loop tomorrow at the CTU Headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Ave. No further details are available at this time.
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JAN 11, 2018
Two years into its investigation of Peoples Gas, the Illinois Commerce Commission has taken a hotly contested vote to green light a controversial pipeline project. Yesterday, news broke that downstate fire and police pensions are so underfunded they might be able to start intercepting city-bound state grants. Meanwhile, the newly-formed Sexual Harassment & Discrimination Task Force is slated for its inaugural meeting today in Chicago. Here's Illinois' morning in brief...
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JAN 10, 2018
Gov. Bruce Rauner will address the media today at the Quincy Veterans Home at 11:30 a.m. about the recent Legionella outbreak at the facility. The move comes after a 4-hour hearing into the matter by a joint House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee where lawmakers grilling cabinet officials over the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 13 residents.
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JAN 09, 2018
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JAN 08, 2018
This week state government bodies are buzzing with activity. A joint hearing of House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees will go after answers in the Quincy Veterans Home Legionella outbreak. A trio of pension boards will meet and likely certify employer contributions. And the state Gaming Board is set to meet, just days after the year’s first gaming bill was filed by former House Gaming Committee Chair and current Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang (D-Skokie). Did I mention the first meeting of the House's Sexual Harassment Task Force? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg...
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JAN 02, 2018
