SPRINGFIELD – After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations related to the…
SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the Illinois EPA over whether the planned relocation of an industrial scrap shredder on Chicago’s…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ top lawyer has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enact more rigorous ethylene oxide emissions standards in the wake of pressure on the General…
(Fifth in a series looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon.) With broad brush strokes, state lawmakers put more than $5.3 billion…
BLOOMINGTON LINK match coupon program at Farmers Market The Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market, through a grant received from LINK Up Illinois, began distributing and redeeming…
SPRINGFIELD — Certain chemicals that are commonly used as sealants on asphalt driveways, parking lots and playgrounds could soon come under state regulation over concerns about their…
SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would phase out the use of ethylene oxide except in sparsely populated areas of the state is headed back to the negotiating table after failing in a Senate…
PEORIA The city’s Police Department receives new accreditation After three years of preparation and an extensive review process, the Peoria Police Department was awarded a CALEA…
Chicago police plan DUI patrolsThe Chicago Police Department will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols this weekend ...
Zoning Committee votes against solar ...Second of three stories looking at a proposed solar farm in Winnebago ...
Mom of victim in fatal ...Traci Palucci is struggling to put all her feelings into a victim ...
Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
