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A metro-east lawmaker's bill that would have allowed some medical facilities to turn away job applicants because they smoke failed Thursday in the Illinois Senate.

There's probably nothing they can do about it, but lawmakers from Southern Illinois are upset that the state is moving residents out of the Murray Developmental Center in Centralia.

U OF ILLINOIS AWARD WINNERS RECOGNIZED AT COLLEGE OF ACES BANQUET Apr. 17, 2013 Source: University Of Illinois news release More than 200 people gathered at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and Paul A. Funk ... (more)

Charlie Meier. Meier, R-Okawville, said House Bill 3357 would create the Vulnerable Adutls Abandonment Prevention Task Force and is a response to the Eva Cameron case.

The Transportation for Illinois Coalition is visiting communities across the state and hosting meetings to discuss the need for new funding for road projects from Springfield.