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The cybersecurity consultant and part-time lecturer at the University of Illinois Urbana campus says contingent faculty members deserve a voice on the IBHE in an interview with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline.
Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants, including the site at Clinton, because of legislative inaction on state financial support, but the company is still lobbying for the plan with legislators still dealing with the budget impasse. On Thursday, Gov. Bruce Rauner said he wanted to protect the estimated 1,500 jobs that would be lost, but wants to balance that with protecting rate payers and taxpayers, calling the company's Next Generation Energy bill 'a bailout.'
Exelon Corporation says it’s moving ahead with plans to shut down its Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear plants, after lawmakers adjourned their regular spring session without passing legislation the energy company had sought to bring new revenue to the facilities.
Richland Memorial Hospital in the Richland County town of Olney may become part of the Carle Health System, if state regulators approve plans announced by the two hospitals on Wednesday.
Illinois Public Radio's Jamey Dunn talks with Illinois State Museum Director Mike Wiant about the Rauner administration's decision to reopen the museum.
Governor Bruce Rauner says he was 'stunned' at Democrats' inability to agree on budget measures as the legislative session ended Tuesday, but says he's also starting see more Democrats break ranks with the House Speaker and Senate President. The Republican governor is hitting a number of cities on a 2-day road trip, drumming up support for a stopgap funding measure with some GOP lawmakers.
An Illinois congressman says lightweight drones designed for the hobby market should be free of the federal regulations governing bigger models for commercial and military use.
Two assistant superintendents, Bobbi Williams and Mike Dugan, will be filling in as “co-interims” for departing Superintendent Lisa Taylor at Decatur School District 61.
Illinois' budget crisis will continue, unabated. The regular spring session came to an end Tuesday night, without any resolution to the stalemate that has the state entering its twelfth month without a complete spending plan. There's no plan for the next fiscal year that starts July 1st, either.
Former Republican Governor Jim Edgar says stopgap spending measures like the one proposed Tuesday by Gov. Bruce Rauner is "the worst kind of budget you can have" and takes the pressure off legislative leaders' efforts to come up with a real spending plan. He appeared on WILL's 'The 21st' Tuesday.
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