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ComEd, Ameren rate hike requests cut by millions after state energy review

By Kelsey Rettke
Dec 19, 2025 2:13 pm - The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday struck millions from utility rate hike requests by ComEd and Ameren in a decision officials said is meant to balance utility ...
Divided Crystal Lake park board ends metal detectors, extra security at meetings

By Michelle Meyer
Dec 19, 2025 2:11 pm - Heightened security and metal detectors will be removed from Crystal Lake Park District board meetings starting in January.
Cover crop incentives promote soil health, water quality in Illinois

By Hannah Spangler, FarmWeek
Dec 11, 2025 6:55 pm - Illinois farmers who plant cover crops in fall 2025 can receive up to a $5-per-acre discount on 2026 crop insurance premiums through the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Fall Covers for Spring Savings program.
New laser therapy offers noninvasive solution for bladder stones in pets

By Julia Bellefontaine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine
Dec 11, 2025 3:37 pm - The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital is among the first veterinary hospitals in the U.S. to offer a new minimally invasive treatment option called cystoscopic laser lithotripsy, which is changing the game for pets with bladder and urethral stones.
IDOT offers funding opportunity for new EV charging stations

Submitted by Illinois Department of Transportation
Dec 09, 2025 5:49 pm - Illinois Department of Transportation announced $65.6 million in funding for electric vehicle charging stations across the state. The funding aims to support Gov. JB Pritzker's goal of having 1 million electric vehicles on Illinois roads by 2030.
Paint recovery program makes it easier to get rid of old products at no cost

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 03, 2025 5:01 pm - While out navigating the holiday rush you can also get a jump on spring cleaning under a new statewide paint recovery program.
Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources

By Peter Hancock
Nov 23, 2025 3:12 pm - If advocates, stakeholders and members of the public were granted all their requests for public school funding next year, lawmakers would have to increase the state’s K-12 education budget by nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars.
ICC slashes Nicor’s proposed $314 million rate hike for suburban gas customers

By Mary Norkol
Nov 20, 2025 9:21 am - The Illinois Commerce Commission slashed a proposed $314 million rate hike by suburban gas company Nicor by nearly half Wednesday.
All about that new roundabout art in Woodstock — and the artist’s response to critics

By Claire O'Brien
Nov 14, 2025 1:16 pm - There’s no missing the new artwork that’s been installed in the center of a roundabout in Woodstock. The steel structure in the roundabout, where Lake Avenue and Madison ...
Lost or leading the way? Rare birds may signal shifting migration routes

By Lauren Quinn, ACES
Nov 12, 2025 6:36 pm - While vagrants are often considered evolutionary dead-ends, a recent study by a U of I ornithologist and others suggests they could be the vanguard of range expansion and adaptation to changing habitats due to climate change, representing a critical part of the cycle for migratory birds.

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