Sen. Doris Turner's legislation would ban commercial volumes from being louder than the program you're watching.
Turner and local advocates hope this can help spur new housing, educational buildings and research facilities downtown.
The law also calls for all healthcare employees at the facilities to be trained on how to use defibrillators during medical emergencies.
Thanksgiving will see senior citizens and those in need receive a hot meal, including turkey, at the St. John’s Breadline in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Over $227,000 in funding has been secured to support four literacy programs in Springfield and Decatur.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House passed legislation Thursday to require law enforcement have stricter hiring practices following …
The Illinois House Education Policy Committee approved a bill Wednesday to allow agriculture courses to satisfy vocational education requirements for high school students.
The Illinois Senate unanimously approved a bill last week to ensure 9-1-1 dispatchers know how to properly teach people to perform CPR over the phone.
A bipartisan plan led by local lawmakers to find ways to keep young farmers farming unanimously passed the Senate floor. The bill would create a commission that would look at ways to keep the next generation of farmers from leaving. It would also look at ways to attract first generation farmers into buying land.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The organization representing all 1,295 local governments in Illinois wants state lawmakers to help make services m…