The Illinois Senate has recently taken a significant step towards protecting abused children and ensuring they can remain in their familiar school environments. State Senator Steve McClure, the proponent of the legislation, emphasized the importance of this move to provide stability for vulnerable children.Senator McClure expressed, "Abused children who have been removed from their home have already suffered enough, they shouldn’t be pulled from their school and their friends and dropped into a strange environment."The legislation, known as Senate Bill 2824, addresses...
State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield) has advanced legislation designed to reduce costs for customers of non-profit wastewater treatment utilities.“This bill will put wastewater treatment facilities in the same category as water treatment facilities. That will save customers money and make the laws of our state more consistent,” said Senator McClure.Senate Bill 2859 updates how not-for-profit wastewater treatment facilities are valued. Under current law, those facilities are assessed with higher values, which leads to higher tax assessments, and typically those...
State Representative Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) saw her legislation aimed at aiding local road districts with funding challenges unanimously approved by the Illinois House on Wednesday. The bill, known as House Bill 5190, focuses on addressing the financial difficulties faced by local road districts in maintaining their infrastructure."My legislation addresses the funding challenges that local road districts have had concerning maintaining roads and bridges by updating the current funding formula for local road districts," stated Rep. Norine Hammond, the sponsor of the...
The Illinois House of Representatives recently passed House Resolution 677 to honor the West Central Co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] boys basketball team, known as the Cougars, for their remarkable achievement in winning the 2023-2024 Class 1A State Championship. The resolution recognizes the team's outstanding performance throughout the season.In a statement, the House Resolution highlighted, "The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate the West Central Co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] boys basketball team, the Cougars, on winning the 2023-2024 Class 1A...