ST. CHARLES –�State Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, is co-hosting a Clean Energy Town Hall from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Carnegie Room at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, according to a news release.
This event is open and free to the public.
Villa is co-hosting the town hall with the Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Valley of the Fox and the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County.
The town hall is about the Clean Energy Jobs Act, Senate Bill 2132 sponsored by State Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin and House Bill 3624 sponsored by State Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago.
The legislation is intended to address climate change with clean energy options.
Some of the goals of the act will be to:
• Achieve a carbon-free power-sector by 2030
•�Put Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy by 2050
•�Promote jobs and economic opportunity
•�Incentives to speed up the transition to electric vehicles
• Support communities and workers are impacted by the decline in fossil fuel production.
Following passage of the Future Energy Jobs Act of 2016, the clean energy industry in Illinois is booming, the release stated.
The Clean Jobs Act would ramp up renewable energy development. This would create more than $30 billion in new private investment in the state, including a reduction in traffic congestion and pollution, expansion of clean energy careers and provide consumers with lower energy bills, the release stated.
Participating speakers will be from the Citizens Utility Board, National Resources Defense Council, the Illinois Environmental Council and the Sierra Club of the Fox Valley.
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ST. CHARLES –�State Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, is co-hosting a Clean Energy Town Hall from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Carnegie Room at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, according to a news release.
This event is open and free to the public.
Villa is co-hosting the town hall with the Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Valley of the Fox and the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County.
The town hall is about the Clean Energy Jobs Act, Senate Bill 2132 sponsored by State Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin and House Bill 3624 sponsored by State Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago.
The legislation is intended to address climate change with clean energy options.
Some of the goals of the act will be to:
• Achieve a carbon-free power-sector by 2030
•�Put Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy by 2050
•�Promote jobs and economic opportunity
•�Incentives to speed up the transition to electric vehicles
• Support communities and workers are impacted by the decline in fossil fuel production.
Following passage of the Future Energy Jobs Act of 2016, the clean energy industry in Illinois is booming, the release stated.
The Clean Jobs Act would ramp up renewable energy development. This would create more than $30 billion in new private investment in the state, including a reduction in traffic congestion and pollution, expansion of clean energy careers and provide consumers with lower energy bills, the release stated.
Participating speakers will be from the Citizens Utility Board, National Resources Defense Council, the Illinois Environmental Council and the Sierra Club of the Fox Valley.
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ST. CHARLES –�State Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, is co-hosting a Clean Energy Town Hall from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Carnegie Room at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, according to a news release.
This event is open and free to the public.
Villa is co-hosting the town hall with the Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Valley of the Fox and the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County.
The town hall is about the Clean Energy Jobs Act, Senate Bill 2132 sponsored by State Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin and House Bill 3624 sponsored by State Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago.
The legislation is intended to address climate change with clean energy options.
Some of the goals of the act will be to:
• Achieve a carbon-free power-sector by 2030
•�Put Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy by 2050
•�Promote jobs and economic opportunity
•�Incentives to speed up the transition to electric vehicles
• Support communities and workers are impacted by the decline in fossil fuel production.
Following passage of the Future Energy Jobs Act of 2016, the clean energy industry in Illinois is booming, the release stated.
The Clean Jobs Act would ramp up renewable energy development. This would create more than $30 billion in new private investment in the state, including a reduction in traffic congestion and pollution, expansion of clean energy careers and provide consumers with lower energy bills, the release stated.
Participating speakers will be from the Citizens Utility Board, National Resources Defense Council, the Illinois Environmental Council and the Sierra Club of the Fox Valley.
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Next year’s race for a state representative seat that covers portions of the WSPY listening area, primarily DeKalb County, could be a rematch.
Democrat Paul Stoddard is planning to run for the 70th District seat again.
Stoddard, a DeKalb County Board member, lost in a close race to Republican incumbent Jeff Keicher by around 1,500. The seat was previously held by longtime Rep. Bob Pritchard.
Stoddard won DeKalb County by more than 1,100 votes over Keicher, but the parts of Kane and Boone counties in the 70th District gave Keicher the win.
No other Democrats have announced a run for their party’s nomination.
Stoddard has planned a kick-off event for his campaign on Sept 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 720 Somonauk Street in Sycamore.
State Representative Katie Stuart, an Edwardsville Democrat, pushed for a new minimum teacher salary in Illinois. She sponsored legislation to bring the …
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Yednock, Illinois State Rifle Association to host Gun Rights Seminar in Streator
Representative Lance Yednock (D) 76th District – Photo ILGA.gov
STREATOR – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, and representatives from the Illinois State Rifle Association will partner to offer gun owners a free Gun Rights Seminar to review Illinois law and assist residents with Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) Card applications.
“Every day, Chicago politicians are actively working to make new laws to restrict law-abiding citizens’ rights,” Yednock said. “I proudly voted against the legislation that would revoke peoples’ FOID cards, and Illinois should be focused on helping people with mental illness while cracking down on repeat offenders.”
Yednock is partnering with the Illinois State Rifle Association to update Illinois gun owners on their rights and assist with FOID card applications. Yednock’s event will take place on Monday, Aug. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Streator American Legion Post 217, located at 218 W. Main St. This event is free and open to the public.
“Representative Yednock has protected the rights of responsible gun owners, and I am glad to partner with him to help local residents understand their rights,” said Richard Pearson, Executive Director for the Illinois State Rifle Association. “With Second Amendment rights under attack by Chicago politicians, Illinois needs more leaders to defend peoples’ rights.”
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State Rep. Lawrence “Larry” Walsh, Jr., D-Elwood, has been appointed to serve on the Route 66 Centennial Commission, which will help organize official events celebrating the historic highway’s 100th anniversary.
“Route 66 is famous around the world and people visit from all over to travel it and see the sights,” Walsh said. “I’m thankful for the opportunity to be part of this commission and celebrate the history of the Mother Road.”
The Route 66 Centennial Commission is a bipartisan group of elected officials and appointees from the governor’s office and the various state agencies. They will meet quarterly to discuss the planning of official events, programs, and activities for the upcoming Route 66 centennial celebration in 2026. The commission will be overseen by the Illinois Office of Tourism and Walsh will serve on the commission. Walsh’s position on the commission is on a volunteer basis, which means he will not receive pay or reimbursements.
“Right now our state is the only one planning any sort of celebration for the Mother Road,” Walsh said. “Route 66 cuts right through our community which means when people come to enjoy this once in a lifetime they will be supporting our local economy.”
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Steve Dale 8/18/2019 Full Show: IL is the first to take a major step in ensuring the safety of our pets in boarding facilities
Steve Dale is joined by State Representative Diane Pappas to discuss the latest law passed to protect our pets. Earlier this year, a kennel caught on fire, leading to 30 dogs passing away due to the facility not having any type of fire alarm system in place.
With this law, IL is now the 1st state to mandate fire protection for pets that are in boarding facilities. The law requires that kennels have a fire alarm system that directly alerts first responders, a sprinkler system, and/or human supervision on the premises at all times.
CHAMPAIGN — Much to her chagrin, Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons wasn’t invited to join Republican U.S. Rep Rodney Davis at Monday’s public Q&A at Parkland College.
Ammons said Friday that she didn’t find out about the second of Davis’ Open Government Night events until she read about in last Sunday’s News-Gazette, and was surprised she wasn’t asked to sit alongside the congressman in her own state House district.
If she has to “listen to the concerns of those who didn’t vote for me and who are not of the same political ideology,” Ammons said, “then he should do the same.”
Instead, Davis will be joined on-stage at Parkland’s Harold and Jean Miner Theatre by state Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, whose selection the Urbana Democrat particularly objected to.
“Unfortunately, the representative that he’s bringing is also bringing an agenda with him that calls for the separation of people in the state based on geography, and I have an objection to that,” Ammons said, referring to Halbrook’s proposal to separate Chicago from downstate Illinois. “If there are concerns that need to be addressed about how we feel downstate, then we should have an intelligent dialogue. The separatist agenda (Halbrook) has been pushing speaks to Rodney’s credibility. He invited him as opposed to inviting the local representative.”
Davis’ spokeswoman, Ashley Phelps, said Ammons is welcome to attend — “or host her own event” — to hear from constituents.
“This is an event for Congressman Davis and Representative Halbrook, who also represents part of Champaign and half of the county, to hear from constituents,” Phelps said in a statement. “It’s also unfortunate that Representative Ammons is using taxpayer-funded letterhead for campaign purposes.”
When asked if she’ll attend the event, Ammons said she’ll send some staff members but could not plan her schedule accordingly due to conflicting appointments and the lack of notice.
The format of Monday’s event calls for Davis and Halbrook to alternate answering questions submitted by audience members. Scott Beatty of News-Gazette Media’s WDWS 1400-AM will serve as moderator and choose which questions he asks.
Neither Davis nor his representatives will see the questions ahead of time or have a hand in selecting them before they’re asked, event organizers reiterated during a Friday conference call with News-Gazette Media.
Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission is free but space is limited — once the theater reaches its capacity of 302, no one else will be allowed in. Davis’ staff said the event will be simulcast online.
Once inside the theater, audience members will be given the option of filling out a card with a question for either elected official. At Davis’ first Open Government Night event, held July 29 at Richland Community College in Decatur, he and state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, took turns answering about 22 questions over the 90-minute program.
Ammons believes the crowd in Champaign won’t be quite as welcoming as the one in Decatur.
Just last week, she and Davis were part of the same panel at a Champaign County Housing Authority forum focused on local issues, such as skyrocketing rent prices and the lack of access for the working poor to affordable housing.
“I have concerns about access to housing that are different to his,” Ammons said. “It doesn’t mean we can’t have that discussion. I showed up and he showed up.
“Clearly, this is possible. He can hold whatever event he wants and develop it however he wants, but if this is about open government, then you need to invite other perspectives from the people that you represent.”
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Working for Illinois Caucus 