Republican Chad Hays of Catlin has announced his resignation from the Illinois House, effective at the end of the summer, to take a job with Crosspoint Human Services in Danville.

Champaign-Urbana’s only domestic violence service provider will not receive about one-third of its $1.8 million budget because it was not included in the state’s stopgap budget.

The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Services, which represents a number of human services agencies around the state, expects the 'non-essential' areas to include consulting contracts.