Advocates hail regulatory ‘earthquake’ as state slashes requested gas rate increases
Company profits cut, low-income customers set to receive new discounts.
Biden says workers need ‘a fair shot’ as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant
Biden learned in June that the Stellantis plant was set to close and he made keeping it open a priority. The plant will expand as part of the tentative contract with the UAW. Biden met with UAW President Shawn Fain and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and plans to hold a fundraiser later in Chicago.
Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors
Proponents say the plan endorsed Wednesday will ensure the state can meet its carbon-free power production promise by 2045.
UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory
The union says the Stellantis contract also saves jobs at a factory in Belvidere, Illinois, that Stellantis had planned to close.
States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harming children’s mental health
Dozens of US states, including Illinois, California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms.
Controversial pipeline canceled amid safety concerns, regulatory pushback
Other projects still on the table as advocates, industry groups debate regulatory reform.
State officials recommend gas price increase for 4.1 million consumers
Final decision on rate increases expected before the end of the year.
The Piatt County Board, with reluctance, approves the county’s first wind farm
The Piatt County Board voted 4-2 on Friday to approve a special use permit for a wind farm in the county. But several members made it clear they were approving the Prosperity Wind project reluctantly, as a new Illinois law gave them no real choice in the matter.
Controversial carbon dioxide pipeline paused following regulatory setbacks
Pipeline ending in Montgomery and Christian counties drew safety, eminent domain concerns.
Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid ‘untenable’ pace of migrant arrivals
Buses from Texas accelerate as Illinois counts 15,000 new arrivals in 13 months.
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Federal agencies would cease all actions deemed nonessential, and many of the federal government’s roughly 2 million employees, as well as 2 million active-duty military troops and reservists, wouldn’t be paid.
Biden administration responds to calls from Pritzker, other leaders, for help in migrant crisis
Homeland Security will expedite work authorizations among other actions.
Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union’s history
The United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis simultaneously for the first time in its 88-year history.
Battery manufacturing plant coming to Illinois – with $530M incentive deal
Lithium-ion plant in Manteno part of state’s ongoing effort to court electric vehicle manufacturing.
Once again, Piatt County considers an application for a wind farm
Zoning hearings are underway in Piatt County on a new wind farm proposal, six months after the Piatt County Board rejected a similar proposal from the same company.