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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner wasn't the only new face in the Capitol for Wednesday's State of the State speech. The Champaign-Urbana area has two freshman legislators and they weren't happy with the governor’s plans for the minimum wage.
Gov. Rauner's plans include raising the state's $8.25 minimum wage to $10 an hour over the next seven years, and increased funding for K-12 education.
Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points and Illinois shot 48 percent from the field.
A Department of Energy spokesman says it has concluded the project couldn't meet a September deadline to use its $1 billion in federal stimulus funding.
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner has been criticizing state workers' high salaries and benefits ahead of his State of the State address Wednesday. But the biggest payout the state makes has nothing to do with labor contracts.
