The Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield this week. The agenda looks light because of the start of the election season and an unwillingness to tackle prickly issues in the fall session's short timeline. Help for Chicago in dealing with an influx of migrants from the nation’s southern border apparently will wait.
FILE - Illinois state Rep. speaks during a press conference at the Water Tower Place in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Friday morning, May 13, 2022. The Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield this week after a five-month layoff with a light agenda borne of an upcoming election season and an unwillingness to tackle prickly issues in the short fall-session timeline. FILE - Illinois state Sen.
The funding delay means more time in the spring session to solidify a solution, including pushing the federal government to take the lead, said Rep. Kambium Buckner, a Chicago Democrat involved in the talks. 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. When the veto was handed down, House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel, an Evanston Democrat, reiterated fears of environmental groups.
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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