Read And Listen To Governor’s Budget Address
Read and listen to Republican Governor Bruce Rauner's fourth annual budget address to the Illinois General Assembly.
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Live From The State Capitol: A Preview Of The Budget Address
On The 21st: A special live preview of Gov. Rauner's budget address, broadcasting from the rotunda of the state capitol. We heard from Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza, and a variety of groups who are hoping the governor will address their interests.
Even With No Budget, Illinois Spends And Spends
Gov. Bruce Rauner is scheduled to unveil his fourth budget proposal Wednesday in a speech to the General Assembly. Illinois lawmakers only enacted a budget for one of the three years he’s been in office.
Conservation Programs In Farm Bill Can Help Farmers Protect Environment, Wallet
Farmers depend on productive, sustainable land, clean water and air and healthy animals to make a living. To help create those conditions and protect ecosystems, they get help from conservation programs that make up about 6 percent of the $500 billion federal farm bill.
The ‘Radium Girls’; Illinois Politics Update; Snow Salt Alternatives; AG Candidate Kwame Raoul
On the 21st: We continue our week in Springfield, today from the WUIS studios. We hear about the 'Radium Girls' of Ottawa, Illinois and the health problems that they suffered after working at the Illinois Radium Dial company. Plus, your Illinois politics update on the eve of the budget address. Also, what alternatives are there to using salt to melt ice in the winter? And, we continue our series of attorney general interviews, this time with Sen. Kwame Raoul.
