Legislators unveil bill to keep ethylene oxide emissions away from ‘densely populated regions’
Legislators unveil bill to keep ethylene oxide emissions away from ‘densely populated regions’
A coalition of advocacy groups and lawmakers from both parties unveiled a bill Friday that would phase out emissions of a cancer-causing gas in densely populated areas and near schools or day cares by 2022. House Bill 3888 is the latest step in a highly publicized series of legislative and advocacy efforts to regulate or ban the use of ethylene oxide in Illinois.
Illinois Secure Choice program takes aim at ‘retirement crisis’
Illinois Secure Choice was created by state law in 2015, requiring businesses with 25 employees or more to offer retirement savings plans or take part in the new program which automatically enrolls employees in a state-created but independently managed retirement plan. While the program is overseen by the treasurer’s office and an appointed, unpaid board of advisors, the money invested...