State News Archives - Page 32 of 531

New report shows access to maternal care worsens
September 5, 2023

In rural areas across Illinois, 35.5 percent of women live more than 30 minutes from a birthing hospital compared to 3.5 percent of women living in urban areas. And in 21 counties,…
Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
September 5, 2023

CHICAGO — A coalition of elected officials and business leaders in Illinois is calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented…
State leaders announce FFA mental health awareness grant program
September 5, 2023

Farmers and residents of rural communities often face stigma when it comes to mental health challenges, but state leaders hope to change that. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday,…
State looks to curb vehicle theft with grants to police task forces
August 29, 2023

SPRINGFIELD — Six interagency law enforcement task forces received grant funding this spring to combat car thefts through an initiative of Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’…
State to put $20 million toward grants for grocers, research into food insecurity
August 29, 2023

Communities across Illinois that lack access to nearby stores that sell high quality food may soon see that change. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a bill that sets up a program…
37 workers at state-run developmental center targeted in PPP fraud probe
August 24, 2023

At Ludeman Developmental Center in Park Forest, 37 employees have been fired, resigned or face pending disciplinary action after a state watchdog found that they defrauded a federal…
160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of abusive psychiatrist she exposed
August 24, 2023

In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, in part, publicly…
Pritzker vetoes measure granting Ameren authority over transmission line construction
August 24, 2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission…