The Rock Island area's energy customers should save money and its economy should keep thousands of jobs thanks to the passage of the Future Energy Jobs bill, Gov. Bruce Rauner's website reported recently.
Milan's Ethan Happ, a redshirt sophomore for the University of Wisconsin Badgers basketball team, was recently named to the Big Ten All Tournament team.
Rather than bring in more money for the state, a pair of bills would probably drive more businesses out of Illinois, the founder of a financial website says.
A public policy group is calling on Illinoisans to demand that the Senate follow the House's lead and approve a bill that would allow voters to decide to consolidate local governments.