(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the executive order issued by President Donald Trump this past Tuesday to address election integrity is unconstitutional. The Governor said in a social media post that Illinois will keep administering free and fair elections despite actions by the President, who said Tuesday that all he wants is honest and accountable voting.
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is now among a coalition of 21 states and local governments that are challenging the federal appeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule. In a lawsuit filed this past Tuesday, the coalition said the repeal is unlawful because the EPA failed to provide a reasoned basis for it and failed to adequately consider developments in practices, processes, and control technologies. However, those in favor of the repeal say it’s very simple, going to electric vehicles is not affordable to most Americans.
(SPRINGFIELD) A downstate lawmaker suggested yesterday in Springfield that Illinois’ highly paid diversity commissioners should be required to work full time in light of their poor job performances. State Senator Chapin Rose of Mahomet, the Republican minority caucas whip, made his comments during a budget hearing that considered $5.6 million of funding for the Equity & Inclusion Commission for the next fiscal year. Chapin sited a report that the seven commissioners who are paid about $150,000 a year, have relatively lax schedules, sometimes work paid side jobs, and have overseen a computer software transition that has blocked over 2,000 businesses owned by women and minorities from better access to government contracts.
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway, and Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation have announced that every ISP officer killed in the line of duty will be honored with a memorial sign along Illinois roadways. Officials say there have been signs previously installed for some fall Troopers, but not all. A total of 73 Troopers have died in the line of duty since the agency began providing services back in 1922.