As politicians in Springfield engage in talks about how to divide Illinois’ voters among themselves, Republican lawmakers proposed scrapping the current redistricting process in favor of a citizen-driven independent commission.
With Illinois politicians currently looking at how to divvy up the state’s voters among representative districts, Republican lawmakers in March introduced legislation to take the politics out of the process with an independent commission.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has awarded a $454,165 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the Village of Braceville for improvements to the storm water drainage system.
Ahead of the winter storms that recently hit the region, workers at Dresden Station prepared to do their part to help prevent flooding in Will County with plans to prevent ice build-up on the Kankakee River.
The Grundy County Board passed a resolution opposing the criminal justice reform proposal — a piece of legislation that would end cash bail in the state and install new measures in law that advocates said would improve law enforcement accountability.
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) joined with state Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) in calling for the General Assembly to conduct a joint hearing into how the state has handled the COVID-19 pandemic and economic fallout from related restrictions imposed.
With the recent federal bribery scandal that led to Commonwealth Edison having to pay $200 million in fines still in the news, the parent company of ComEd, Exelon, is now pushing legislation titled as the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
COVID-19 concerns have been cited in further delays to a jury trial in which Dennis Hastert, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is being sued for allegedly failing to finish paying off a man who claims Hastert sexually abused him.