Summer boating safety starts with wearing life jackets, staying sober
SPRINGFIELD – During the Independence Day holiday weekend and throughout the busy summer boating season, Illinois Conservation Police remind boat operators and passengers to stay sober and wear life jackets while on the water. “The last week
Yednock’s bill protecting workers’ wages, tips passes general assembly
SPRINGFIELD – Helping to protect the earned wages and tips of workers, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, helped pass critical legislation ensuring that employees collect their money. “The working men and women of my district deserve to keep
Pathogen that causes sudden oak death found in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks and affected many native plant species in California, Oregon, and Europe, has been found in Illinois. Phytophthora ramorum,