Illinois Medicaid companies rake in record profits from pandemic
As part of an ongoing series examining one of Illinois’ largest expenses, the Better Government Association reveals how the five private insurance companies running the state’s health care program for low-income residents benefited from the COVID-19 lockdown. By DAVID JACKSON Better Government Association The for-profit insurance companies running Illinois Medicaid collected hundreds of millions of…
Read MoreCompromise reached on lowering small trailer license fees
House advances bill to lower small trailer license fees to $36 Bill heads back to Senate for approval By GRACE BARBIC Capitol News Illinois gbarbic@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a bill that would lower small trailer license fees from $118 to $36, which lawmakers said on the House floor Sunday could remedy an…
Read MoreRight-to-unionize amendment will go to voters in November 2022
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would guarantee workers in the state the right to unionize. The amendment passed the House with bipartisan support, 80-30, which was more than the three-fifths majority needed for passage. It will next be placed on the…
Read MoreNew legislative maps pass less than 24 hours after introduction
GOP, community groups complain of short notice By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills implementing the maps were introduced. The latest versions of the legislative maps were released about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The…
Read MoreMidAmerica Airport now will have travel to South Carolina
Allegiant this week began a new nonstop route to Charleston International Airport in South Carolina from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah. To celebrate, the company is offering one-way fares on the new route as low as $65 on flights purchased by May 30, 2021, for travel by Aug. 16, 2021. “As restaurants, attractions, and…
Read MoreRoute 3 corridor seeing new generation of investment
U.S. Steel coils awaiting barge loading at America’s Central Port. Proximity to America’s Central Port is a key advantage of locating along the Illinois Route 3 Corridor, proponents say. (Photos courtesy of America’s Central Port) A 60-mile section of Route 3 that runs parallel to the Mississippi River in Illinois on the eastern…
Read MoreWinner of sculpture contest announced in Godfrey
The Three Rivers Project of the Sierra Club, in conjunction with Community Cultivators and the Village of Godfrey Parks and Recreation Department, announced the winning artist of an interactive sculpture at the Jaime Hines Prairie at LaVista. Artist Merrilyn Shoemaker had the winning proposal and will now complete the design, construction, and installation of at…
Read MoreNew president for Illinois Primary Health Care Association
The board of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, which represents the state’s 52 community health centers, announced that Ollie Idowu has been named its new president and chief executive officer. Idowu’s 20-year career includes leadership roles in state government, public health and in the Medicaid business. He returns to IPHCA having served the association…
Read MoreUrology of St. Louis opens new office in Granite City
Practice will be located inside Gateway Regional Medical Center Urology of St. Louis, the largest private urologic practice in St. Louis and the Metro East, recently opened a new location within Gateway Regional Medical Center located at 2044 Madison, Suite G7 in Granite City. The office, which opened May 24, will be open five days…
Read MoreBelleville’s Mueller Furniture adds another location, Ellisville, Mo.
Mueller Furniture, a fourth-generation, family-owned local business, celebrated its new location in the old Dau Furniture building located at 15424 Manchester Road in Ellisville, Mo. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This will be Mueller Furniture’s third location in the Metro St. Louis area with another location in Lake St. Louis which opened two years ago and…
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