The Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield for its fall session this week with a light agenda borne of an upcoming election season and an…
The Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield for its fall session this week with a light agenda borne of an upcoming election season and an unwillingness to tackle prickly issues in the short fall-session timeline.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had urged financial help from Springfield in housing and caring for more than 14,000 migrants who have been bused to Chicago in the past year. They’ve mostly come from Texas at the direction of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, as migrants from Central and South America cross the U.S. southern border seeking asylum. But the signal from Springfield was clear: Not now.
Pritzker also vetoed legislation to allow development of modular power-producing nuclear reactors. It would lift a 1987 moratorium on new nuclear generators and won approval in both houses with 3/5th majorities, the margin necessary to overcome a veto.Sponsoring Sen. Sue Rezin, a Republican from Morris, said she has enough support to overcome the veto — if the measure is called for a vote. Pritzker said he issued his veto at the request of House Democratic leaders.
Rezin said waste is stored safely at the state’s 11 large-scale reactors. The Small Modular Reactors in her proposal produce far less waste, are much less expensive to build and maintain than the large plants and can be installed on location of large energy users, such as a steel mill.
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