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One bill would reclassify a fentanyl overdose as a “poison,” while another would consider major fentanyl possessors a threat to public safety. The bills have attracted bipartisan support

A day ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker’s annual budget address Wednesday, Senate Republicans said they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in “transparent accounting.”

A measure awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature will help protect transgender people and victims of domestic violence who seek to change their names, according to its proponents

Illinois lawmakers in early January could consider easing requirements for residents to change their names, a move proponents say will reduce risks for victims of domestic abuse, transgender residents and others

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, is asking major health insurer Meridian to reopen contract negotiations with Northwestern Medicine amid news that tens of thousands of Illinoisans will be impacted when Meridian drops the health system from in network on Jan. 1.

The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state

Authorities in Illinois would not be allowed to aid another state’s investigation of people coming to Illinois to seek abortions or other reproductive health care under a bill that cleared the General Assembly Thursday

Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval.

After failing to pass a child tax credit last year, advocates returned to Springfield to propose a scaled back version of the policy which they say would still reduce child poverty and spur economic growth.

The La Salle Public Library is holding a crafting event next month, with a goal of contributing to a valentine card drive for seniors.

EOI: Hurry up and wait. That, more than anything, is the takeaway from last week’s passage of House Bill 2473, which could pave the way for construction of more nuclear reactors in Illinois.

The Invest in Kids program is scheduled to reach the end of its five-year life on Dec. 31. The program, which launched in 2018, costs Illinois $75 million annually in tax breaks for donors to private school scholarship funds.

Health care industry argues it is exempt from biometric privacy liability while the attorney for two nurses suing their employers said that argument would effect "as much as 10% of the Illinois workforce."

The next La Salle County YANA! (you are not alone) meeting will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Jamie’s Outpost, 602 Clark St., Utica. The keynote speaker will be State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris.

No ER in La Salle-Peru concerns state Sen. Sue Rezin, but she sees better days soon

St. Margaret’s Health has found a buyer for the Peru hospital. OSF HeathCare will acquire the former Illinois Valley Community Hospital.

Gov. JB Pritzker stopped at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Tuesday to tout his proposed budget plan to increase state funding for higher education and help keep more college students in Illinois.

“The bill is going to come to the House with a lot of momentum,” state Sen. Sue Rezin said. “The unions are out and working their members to explain the importance of the bill and to just explain the technology.”

A measure allowing the construction of new commercial nuclear power plants has bipartisan, bicameral support in the state legislature as the body considers its next steps in meeting carbon-free energy goals while maintaining grid reliability.

The two lawmakers charged Gov. JB Pritzker with “overreach” for repeatedly invoking emergency powers and governing by executive order.

Keeping nuke plants open is widely popular. But so are affordable utility bills, and it’s impossible to shake the fact Exelon is a Fortune 100 publicly traded company serving shareholders at least as much as its energy customers.

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, hosted a news conference Monday announcing new legislation she filed to fix a series of failures she said led to the infection and death of 36 veterans from COVID-19.

New, follow-up coalition has been discussed but not yet formed, Fox Waterway Agency executive director says

Two lawmakers representing La Salle County are attempting to lead the state in reacting by introducing legislation they say would’ve spared those lives

State Senator Sue Rezin joined 17 of her colleagues from the Illinois Senate Republicans to deliver a letter to Governor Pritzker’s office looking for answers on the speed and effectiveness of the Administration’s vaccine rollout.

On Monday the Peru City Council and Mayor Scott Harl adopted a resolution, opposing Illinois House Bill 3653, the criminal justice bill approved by the General Assembly.

IDVA Director Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Monday following a hearing of the House Civil Judiciary Committee regarding the COVID-19 outbreak at the La Salle Veterans Home that led to 36 deaths from complications related to the virus.

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) said she knew well that positivity rates, which were low this summer, would shoot up as flu season approached and that’s exactly what happened.

State Sen. Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, whose district includes southeastern McHenry County, was selected as the leader-elect for the Illinois State Senate Republican Caucus

Nobody will get their water or power shut off this month. Oglesby Mayor Dom Rivara knows cash is tight amid coronavirus and he doesn’t want anybody worried they can’t run the faucet.

The solution to the state budget crisis could determine whether cities, counties and townships ever see their shares of gasoline and gambling taxes again.