Springfield News
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Facing an April 1 deadline to change the health insurance for thousands of new foster children into its system, Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert on Wednesday asked for the transition to be delayed again, warning some of the most fragile children in Illinois are at risk.
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As the Illinois State Board of Elections and local elections authorities prepare for Tuesday’s primary election, Secretary of State Jesse White’s office admitted to yet another glitch in the state’s automatic voter registration program: 1,151 voters who attempted to register automatically were not added to the rolls.
Voters cast their ballots at the Loop Super Site, 191 N. Clark St. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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Although it has been a relatively mild winter in Illinois and natural gas prices are low, residents gas bills haven’t budged — due in part to the cost of ongoing efforts to replace decades-old natural gas pipes.
A crew works in 2015 to replace a gas line in Portage Park. [Heather Cherone/DNAinfo Chicago]
A years-long dispute over the pipe replacement project between consumer groups and the utility companies heated up this week with the introduction of two bills.
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State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee)
Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope on Tuesday determined State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) was actually marching in the Harvard Milk Days Parade when he was recorded as voting on 23 bills in the House chamber on the last day of session in June.
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A bill tabled at the 11th hour a year ago in order to ensure Republican support for the state’s operating budget and infrastructure plan has reemerged in Springfield, and has a new opponent: farmers.
State Sen. Mike Hastings said SB 1407 is needed to protect firms from hiring out-of-state workers. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line; submitted]
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Local governments are once again asking lawmakers to restore the share of income taxes municipalities receive from Illinois’ income tax back to 10 percent — a figure cities and towns haven’t seen in a decade — as part of the Illinois Municipal League’s legislative platform for the General Assembly’s spring session.
