Lawmakers approve measure giving utilities control over new downstate transmission lines

General Assembly also approved measure lifting ban on new nuclear construction.
Miller says she will vote against debt limit deal

Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL15) says she will not support the debt ceiling deal negotiated by President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy.
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May 30, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers approved a $50.4 billion spending plan early Saturday morning. A measure to make most businesses include salary information in job postings is now heading to the governor’s desk. The site of a school district building could become downtown Urbana’s next commercial development. Memorial Day is a day for […]
Urbana city and school officials hope to redevelop the site of a downtown school district building.

With Urbana School District 116 administrative headquarters moving elsewhere, the district wants to sell the property to the city, which would then tear it down and seek a commercial developer for the site.