POWER Act: Lawmakers seek to regulate new data centers’ power, water usage
The bill covers three major areas of concern.
Trump administration again rejects Illinois’ request for disaster aid from August storm
The agency said supplemental assistance from the federal government wasn’t warranted.
Judge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois
The injunction will remain in effect until the case is fully adjudicated.
Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws
Illinois has joined to continue getting and sharing information about disease outbreaks with the public.
Child care funding freeze could worsen shortage in Illinois, providers say
Illinois already has too few providers and many rely on funding from federal programs.
Providers say feds’ new rural health care grants to Illinois won’t cover Medicaid cuts
Grants ranged from $66 per rural resident in Texas to $6,305 in Rhode Island.
States say paperwork tied to $10B funding freeze is an intentionally ‘impossible task’
The targeted states called the Trump administration’s funding freeze a fishing expedition.
Recent postal service changes could disrupt mail-in voting, county clerks warn
The clerks made the warnings at their annual conference in Peoria.
Illinois, 4 other states targeted for $10B child care funding freeze win restraining order
The feds announced the funding freeze earlier in the week.
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