Several religious, anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are suing Illinois over a recent amendment to the state’s Health Care Right of Conscience law.
Opponents of the Rauner administration’s proposed overtime restrictions for Illinois home health care workers who assist people with disabilities are speaking out.
A leading environmental group wants swift federal action on leaded aviation fuel used by small airplanes and some helicopters.
Friends of the Earth released a new report on the issue, noting that leaded aviation fuel, or “avgas,” accounts for 50 percent of all airborne lead emissions.
Lead is a highly toxic metal known to adversely affect neurological development.
“While lead has been banned or limited in consumer products, building materials and automotive gasoline, no action to date has been taken to address the largest source of lead emissions into the air — leaded aviation fuel,” reads the Friends of the Earth’s report, prepared by the Center for Environmental Health.
Premiums for individual health care plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplace in Illinois could increase by an average of 43 percent to 55 percent.
A leading environmental group wants swift federal action on leaded aviation fuel used by small airplanes and some helicopters.