WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats from both chambers of Congress today introduced the No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act, legislation that would bar contracts from going to businesses that incorporate overseas, are majority-owned by shareholders of the old U.S. corporation, and do not have substantial business opportunities in the foreign country in which they are…

SPRINGFIELD – A new law will help address Illinois’ shortage of mental health professionals. The law, sponsored by state Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, gives psychologists – under the careful supervision of doctors – the ability to prescribe some mental health medication. “People who suffer from mental illnesses need treatment,” Harmon said. “They can’t always…

WASHINGTON,, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, says the House has passed eight bipartisan bills that will create new laws and update existing ones to help law enforcement and communities combat domestic and international human trafficking. The measures are now pending in the Senate. “As a member of the Congressional Human Trafficking Task Force,…

BELLEVILLE – Memorial Medical Group has announced that Dr. Patrick Neville, a vascular surgeon, has joined the medical staff as part of the practice of Dr. Hans Moosa and Dr. Richard Coats, located at 4600 Memorial Drive, Suite 240 in Belleville. Neville earned his medical degree from Southern Illinois University in Springfield and completed his…

EAST ST. LOUIS – A former resident of Spokane, Wash., Carl Kieffer, 49, was sentenced in federal district court today for a total of seven bank robberies, three of which were charged by information or indictment, and four of which were considered relevant conduct, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen…

The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois has announced addition of PNC Bank National Association, Aegis Strategies, LLC and Adam’s Auction & Real Estate Services, Inc. to its growing membership base. Representatives from these three companies will join the Leadership Council in its mission to unite business, industry, government, education and labor for economic growth in Southwestern…

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Springfield campus approved contracts worth more than $1.3 million to provide services and equipment to the Edwardsville campus. Separate contracts were awarded for the Information Technology Services Computer Room renovation. Wissehr Electric, Inc., of Belleville, will manage the electric work…

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Springfield campus approved two administrative reorganization proposals on the Edwardsville campus. The reporting structure for the East St. Louis campus will change from SIUE’s Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to the Office of the Vice…

GREENFIELD – A Greene County food processing plant cited for repeated violations of the Illinois Meat and Poultry Inspection Act has had its license revoked, a state agency said today. Parks Locker Service of Greenfield, was ordered to close following a July 16 administrative hearing at the Illinois Department of Agriculture building in Springfield. The…

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has a new man helming a newly renamed department stressing the institution’s committment to equality. Chad Martinez, left, took over this month as director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Access and Title IX Coordination. Martinez served as an equity officer in Saint Louis University’s Office of Institutional Equity…