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Circuit Court Clerks in 95 Illinois Counties get about 11% of their general revenue fee money from bond processing fees, according to analysis by the Chicago Civic Federation.

Report Measures Impact of Eliminating Cash Bail In Illinois

A new report from the Chicago Civic Federation shows most county circuit court clerks in Illinois will lose about 11% of their general fund fee revenue when cash bail is eliminated in 2023. Bond payments can go to a variety of things, including court-ordered fees, fines, restitution, and bond processing fees. It's that last category that helps fund circuit clerk operations.

Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.

El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.

Effort revived to push for fair maps constitutional amendment in Illinois

Amid Republican party efforts to gain congressional seats through off-cycle redistricting in Texas, there's an effort to revive a push for an Illinois state constitutional amendment to make political redistricting less, well, political.

Morning News: WHO Meeting, U.S. Automakers, Florida's Phase 1

The World Health Organization holds its annual meeting virtually to discuss COVID-19 response. Big U.S. carmakers restart production Monday. And as Florida reopens, coronavirus cases increase.

Peoria County Adds 5 More COVID-19 Deaths To Tri-County Toll

Peoria County has moved past 250 deaths linked to COVID-19 with five more fatalities reported Wednesday.

ACLU chapter president Carol Koos said the city of Bloomington should create a transparent public input process before ratifying a contract for traffic cameras that capture license plate numbers.

License plate ID cameras questioned in Bloomington

The Central Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it has reservations about a proposed new traffic camera system that can record license plate numbers of vehicles.

Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln will not be rebuilt under the state’s prison rebuild plan. Instead, two prisons will be built in Crest Hill.

Illinois seeks two Crest Hill prisons, leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center rebuild plan

Despite local hopes to rebuild Logan Correctional Center in its original Lincoln location, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced it plans to build a women’s facility in Crest Hill, near Joliet.

Peoria County Adds 2 COVID-19 Deaths, Nears 90K Vaccinations

Two Peoria County women are the area’s latest COVID-19 fatalities, as the county stands on the brink of topping 90,000 administered vaccine doses and 40...

Tri-County Adds 18 COVID-19 Deaths, Tops 25K Cases

Peoria and Tazewell counties both added nine deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the extended Christmas holiday weekend, while more than 800 new cases in...

The Amazon-backed Rivian recently began production of its electric vehicles in Normal, with customer deliveries of the R1T truck (above) starting last month.

Rivian doubles pace of production, but 2022 output still held back by supply chain 'ceiling'

Rivian is making its electric vehicles about twice as fast as it was a few months ago, though supply chain problems will cut significantly into annual production at the plant in Normal, the company said Thursday.

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