From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. Some unhoused residents of a tent encampment near AutoZone in Normal say they are not leaving despite a June 1st dispersal date. One of those unhoused residents is 68 year old Laura Lane. This is heinous. This is elder abuse, and it's supposed to be illegal, and my dog is suffering. Lane and another unhoused resident have moved their belongings slightly south of the encampment in hopes they will not be removed.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. Some unhoused residents of a tent encampment near AutoZone in Normal say they are not leaving despite a June 1st dispersal date. One of those unhoused residents is 68 year old Laura Lane. This is heinous. This is elder abuse, and it's supposed to be illegal, and my dog is suffering. Lane and another unhoused resident have moved their belongings slightly south of the encampment in hopes they will not be removed.

Heartland Community College president Keith Corneal really doesn't like a Trump administration proposal to put colleges and universities on the hook for part of defaulted student loans. Corneal says one problem with the idea is that if a student transfers to another school, the receiving school gets all the liability.

Heartland Community College president Keith Corneal really doesn't like a Trump administration proposal to put colleges and universities on the hook for part of defaulted student loans. Corneal says one problem with the idea is that if a student transfers to another school, the receiving school gets all the liability.

All the loans.

All the loans.

They took up to that point, whether at Heartland or whether another institution are all now the responsibility of Heartland Community College.

They took up to that point, whether at Heartland or whether another institution are all now the responsibility of Heartland Community College.

Cornell says he agrees loans aren't great. He says Heartland has reduced the loans it facilitates by 60% in the last several years in favor of grants and scholarships.

Cornell says he agrees loans aren't great. He says Heartland has reduced the loans it facilitates by 60% in the last several years in favor of grants and scholarships.

Illinois's new budget includes funding to help convert unused state-owned properties for economic development. Republican state Senator Sally Turner says she was glad the former Lincoln Developmental Center site in Lincoln is used in the state's surplus to Success program. That was extremely important to us because it's a 100 acres that we need to um tear down and that was one of the ways that uh the state looked at it that needs to be a shovel ready property. The Lincoln Development Center has been closed for over 2 decades.

Illinois's new budget includes funding to help convert unused state-owned properties for economic development. Republican state Senator Sally Turner says she was glad the former Lincoln Developmental Center site in Lincoln is used in the state's surplus to Success program. That was extremely important to us because it's a 100 acres that we need to um tear down and that was one of the ways that uh the state looked at it that needs to be a shovel ready property. The Lincoln Development Center has been closed for over 2 decades.

Illinois lawmakers did not take final action in the spring session on the medical aid in dying bill. It would allow those who have a terminal diagnosis of 6 months or less to take a drug that would end their life. Republican Representative Travis Weaver of Pekin says he was happy to see the bill stall. Talk so much about suicide prevention and so when we passed that out of the house, I thought it was really a.

Illinois lawmakers did not take final action in the spring session on the medical aid in dying bill. It would allow those who have a terminal diagnosis of 6 months or less to take a drug that would end their life. Republican Representative Travis Weaver of Pekin says he was happy to see the bill stall. Talk so much about suicide prevention and so when we passed that out of the house, I thought it was really a.

Bad day in Illinois. I didn't know that we're talking out of both sides of our mouth. We're going to say we're against suicide, but we're also going to allow physician assisted suicide. So that was really positive that that did not end up passing out of the Senate. Advocates say it is meant to prevent suffering of those with a terminal illness. The bill could still be called, but it would require a 3/5 majority to pass. I'm.

Bad day in Illinois. I didn't know that we're talking out of both sides of our mouth. We're going to say we're against suicide, but we're also going to allow physician assisted suicide. So that was really positive that that did not end up passing out of the Senate. Advocates say it is meant to prevent suffering of those with a terminal illness. The bill could still be called, but it would require a 3/5 majority to pass. I'm.