The Illinois House unanimously passed a plan Monday to educate more drivers about vehicles transporting hazardous materials following the tragic accident in Teutopolis that killed five people and left 11 others injured last October.
This proposal could require the Secretary of State to include education on hazardous material placards in the Illinois Rules of the Road book students read during driver education courses.
What was intended to be a data center presentation in Decatur quickly turned into a heated shouting match. After months of debate about what impact a data center could have on communities in Macon County