(Springfield-jm) – While the no-cash bail provision of the SAFE-T Act remains on hold, Illinois’ court system can’t say how much extra it would cost taxpayers were it to be enacted. The Pretrial Fairness Act that ends cash bail statewide was supposed to be enacted on January 1, but a Kankakee County judge found the law unconstitutional. The Illinois Supreme Court suspended implementation pending appeal. The case was heard last month and justices are taking the issue under advisement. During a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, State Senator Chapin Rose, asked Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts Director Marcia Meis how much it would cost taxpayers if implemented. She said looking at New Jersey is instructive. Rose further asked if the courts would have to come back to taxpayers for more money. Meis responded maybe.
(Urbana-jm) – Several area lawmakers were on hand as Governor J-B Pritzker visited the University of Illinois. The Governor was promoting his plans for record investments in higher education. State Senator Paul Faraci of Champaign…
State Senator Paul Faraci of Champaign. State Representative Carol Ammons of Urbana…
State Representative Carol Ammons of Urbana.
(Champaign-jm) – The man who shot himself in the Meijer parking lot has been identified by the Champaign County Coroner. Officials say Bennet H. Eiermann, 32, of Urbana was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. on Wednesday in the Carle Foundation Hospital Critical Care Unit. Eiermann died from a single, self-inflicted, gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy will be conducted on Saturday.
(Washington-jm) – We'll have to wait another month before we get USDA's first supply and demand forecasts for the new crop year. Gary Crawford reports…
(Urbana-jm) – The Urbana Police Department needs your help identifying a woman who stole a futon. The police department shared on social media that the woman stole a futon from a local retail store. They said she left the store in a gray or black Chrysler.
(Paxton–jc) Today’s WPXN Business of the Day is Dogtown Heating Air and Plumbing of Paxton. Co Owner Jeremy Kopman says the name of the company comes from an area just outside of Paxton, but they serve a large area with heating air and plumbing…
He goes on to say that warm weather is coming and it’s time to check the air conditioning in your home…
Dogtown Heating Air and Plumbing Co Owner Jeremy Kopman.
You can hear more about Dogtown with an interview with Jeremy Kopman over the noon hour today.
(Springfield-jm) – A 2022 property tax analysis for 87 million U.S. single family homes shows that nearly $340 billion in property taxes were levied on single-family homes in 2022, up 3.6 percent from 2021. The ATTOM report analyzed property tax data collected from county tax assessor offices nationwide at the state, metro and county levels, along with estimated market values of single-family homes calculated using an automated valuation model. States with the highest effective property tax rates in 2022 were New Jersey at 1.79 percent and Illinois at 1.78 percent.
(Springfield-jm) – Illinois Senate Republicans are working to provide relief for residents. 53rd District State Senator Tom Bennett of Gibson City explains…
53rd District State Senator Tom Bennett of Gibson City.
(Paxton-jm) – You should never only rely on outdoor storm sirens to warn you about incoming bad weather and the people of Paxton are understanding why. The siren on the southeast side of Paxton didn’t work during this month’s test. The city is working on getting it fixed and says a repair team will look at the siren today.
(Washington-jm) – Most of the new information in Tuesday's USDA Supply and Demand Estimates will come from the Southern Hemisphere. Gary Crawford reports…
(Urbana-jm) – The U of I and the U of I system announced that they have committed $50 million to support the National Center for Supercomputing services for campus researchers. Officials said NCSA will lead these efforts, building on decades of expertise in delivering advanced cyberinfrastructure to the nation’s research community. Over five years, a total of $30 million provided by the U of I and $20 million from the U of I System will support infrastructure for the Illinois Campus Cluster Program, an artificial intelligence computing system, other computing and data equipment, and user services and training, including staff, software licenses, and maintenance.
The Parkland College Theatre will perform Sweeney Todd April 6th-8th, 14th-16th and 21st-23rd.
An Easter egg hunt will take place at Piper City Rehab today at 2 pm.
An Easter egg hunt will take place on Saturday at 9:30 am at Accolade Senior Living on Fulton in Paxton.
The village of Buckley will hold an Easter egg hunt at Buckley Lake on Saturday at 10 am.
Paxton IGA will host their cookout benefiting Temple Wolf Chapter on Saturday from 10-2.
