From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. More than 600 workers will lose their jobs as Champagne-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year. The news comes after Carl Health recently announced that Health Alliance will stop providing all types of coverage on December 31st. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on July 8th and continue through October of next year.

From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. More than 600 workers will lose their jobs as Champagne-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year. The news comes after Carl Health recently announced that Health Alliance will stop providing all types of coverage on December 31st. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on July 8th and continue through October of next year.

A central Illinois lawmaker is celebrating the passage of a bill to expand the Twin Cities' access to recycled wastewater. The bill will allow the Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District to accept wastewater and sell treated wastewater to companies within a 50 mile radius. State Senator Dave Kahler says the measure will help power data centers in the region.

A central Illinois lawmaker is celebrating the passage of a bill to expand the Twin Cities' access to recycled wastewater. The bill will allow the Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District to accept wastewater and sell treated wastewater to companies within a 50 mile radius. State Senator Dave Kahler says the measure will help power data centers in the region.

Without depleting the supply of drinking

Without depleting the supply of drinking

water,

water,

there's no, no good reason at all for taking water out of the Muhammed aquifer, good clean drinking water and trying to use it just to to cool down computers that are using it for data

there's no, no good reason at all for taking water out of the Muhammed aquifer, good clean drinking water and trying to use it just to to cool down computers that are using it for data

processing.

processing.

The bill heads to Governor JB Pritzker's desk for signature.

The bill heads to Governor JB Pritzker's desk for signature.

Opponents of new nuclear power plants in Illinois point to huge cost overruns at a reactor built recently in Georgia, which could make it too expensive to compete with other energy sources. Constellation Policy vice president Mason Emnett says costs will fall on future plants because until the one in Georgia, the nation hadn't built commercial reactors in decades. The systems in place.

Opponents of new nuclear power plants in Illinois point to huge cost overruns at a reactor built recently in Georgia, which could make it too expensive to compete with other energy sources. Constellation Policy vice president Mason Emnett says costs will fall on future plants because until the one in Georgia, the nation hadn't built commercial reactors in decades. The systems in place.

The people power, the engineering, the construction facilities, they're highly specialized for the nuclear industry, and so that had to be stood up. For example, ENIT says the 2nd reactor in Georgia costs 30% less than the first. Constellation is considering building a second reactor at the Clinton Power Station in central Illinois.

The people power, the engineering, the construction facilities, they're highly specialized for the nuclear industry, and so that had to be stood up. For example, ENIT says the 2nd reactor in Georgia costs 30% less than the first. Constellation is considering building a second reactor at the Clinton Power Station in central Illinois.

And the latest instance of bids for government work far exceeding municipal staff estimates involves a cracked concrete floor repair at the town of Normal water department. Mayor Chris Kose of Normal says it's not a case of hope obscuring reality. It's a reality that keeps shifting. And things are in such a flux right now. The prices moved so radically, so fast. It's, it's really hard to do. The bid to the town came in 54% above the estimate, and that was the low bid. The town council swallowed hard and approved the bid this week. I'm Ben.

And the latest instance of bids for government work far exceeding municipal staff estimates involves a cracked concrete floor repair at the town of Normal water department. Mayor Chris Kose of Normal says it's not a case of hope obscuring reality. It's a reality that keeps shifting. And things are in such a flux right now. The prices moved so radically, so fast. It's, it's really hard to do. The bid to the town came in 54% above the estimate, and that was the low bid. The town council swallowed hard and approved the bid this week. I'm Ben.