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Health care advocates in Springfield are working to pass legislation to secure low-income Illinoisans access to medications through a federal drug discount program. The aim is to protect against growing restrictions placed by drug companies. Cyrus Winnett, chief public affairs officer for the Illinois Primary Healthcare Association, a trade association representing the state’s community health […]

Some Springfield School District 186 parents and teachers are in an uproar over the school board’s now-tabled proposal to cut the long-standing Project SCOPE program that provides before and after-school care, potentially affecting over 850 students across the district. On Friday, March 21, the District 186 school board added an item to the March 24 […]

Sangamon County voters are heading to the polls April 1 to decide on a range of local issues, including school board races, township government positions and a referendum on consolidating the county recorder’s office and clerk’s office. While not every municipal position is contested, some, like the races for the school board, offer voters the […]

The case of a former southern Illinois police chief accused of selling for personal gain vehicles seized during a criminal investigation is giving rise to an effort to change state law to require law enforcement to better track what they do with other people’s possessions. At least three bills introduced in recent weeks are aimed […]

University of Illinois Springfield’s annual alumni gala on Friday, Feb. 21, is honoring two former participants of the Public Affairs Reporting program, former PAR director Charles Wheeler III and class of ’85 graduate Cheri Bustos. Wheeler, recipient of the University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award, was the program’s third director, from 1993 to 2019. His […]

College students who receive Monetary Awards Program grants are seeing an 8% cut in their spring semester assistance after a higher-than-expected number of eligible students enrolled in classes this school year. The cuts represent a $12 to $336, or 8%, reduction compared to students’ previously estimated MAP grants, according to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, […]

Springfield’s $557 million rail improvement project nears completion after over 10 years of construction starting in 2014, promising to streamline the city’s transit system with a two-lane railroad corridor, boost urban renewal with a state-of-the-art transportation center, and make space for a six-mile greenway upon completion in 2027. During a presentation Friday, Jan. 24, at […]

Vision 2030, a plan for the future of Illinois public education, aims to improve student safety, enhance post-high school success and ensure high-quality teachers in the classroom. Developed by a coalition of educators throughout Illinois, Vision 2030 works to foster students’ interest in their future and in education. Among the many improvements to Illinois education […]