From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. 100 mile an hour passenger rail service started between Chicago and St. Louis just two years ago after decades of effort. Early studies have now begun on the potential for 220 mile an hour service. Former US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says transformational projects take vision, planning, and persistence.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. 100 mile an hour passenger rail service started between Chicago and St. Louis just two years ago after decades of effort. Early studies have now begun on the potential for 220 mile an hour service. Former US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says transformational projects take vision, planning, and persistence.

More important than anything, uh, it requires collaboration. Big projects get done when, uh, smart people.

More important than anything, uh, it requires collaboration. Big projects get done when, uh, smart people.

Uh, put their minds together, agree on the plan, and then begin to implement it.

Uh, put their minds together, agree on the plan, and then begin to implement it.

In the case of 110 mile an hour service, it took state investment, a big pile of federal infrastructure dollars and buy-in from businesses, cities, and universities.

In the case of 110 mile an hour service, it took state investment, a big pile of federal infrastructure dollars and buy-in from businesses, cities, and universities.

A central Illinois lawmaker says a bill to bypass the Food and Drug Administration sets a bad precedent. State lawmakers have approved a bill to guarantee abortion medication would still be available even if the FDA were to reject it. It would instead take the recommendation of the World Health Organization. Republican Representative Bill Hauter of Morton says he doesn't trust the WHO's guidance. It's a foreign, unelected, unaccountable organization that's mostly controlled by China. The bill is a way.

A central Illinois lawmaker says a bill to bypass the Food and Drug Administration sets a bad precedent. State lawmakers have approved a bill to guarantee abortion medication would still be available even if the FDA were to reject it. It would instead take the recommendation of the World Health Organization. Republican Representative Bill Hauter of Morton says he doesn't trust the WHO's guidance. It's a foreign, unelected, unaccountable organization that's mostly controlled by China. The bill is a way.

Governor JB Pritzker's signature, and Illinois lawmakers have moved to strengthen a law requiring hospital care for sexual assault survivors. The bill requires hospitals to get state approval to send rape victims elsewhere. That would enable state regulators to deny transfers that leave patients traveling long distances and during long wait times or without transportation. Democratic state Representative Kelly Cassidy of Chicago is the bill's sponsor. Right now, I think we have a pretty great law and

Governor JB Pritzker's signature, and Illinois lawmakers have moved to strengthen a law requiring hospital care for sexual assault survivors. The bill requires hospitals to get state approval to send rape victims elsewhere. That would enable state regulators to deny transfers that leave patients traveling long distances and during long wait times or without transportation. Democratic state Representative Kelly Cassidy of Chicago is the bill's sponsor. Right now, I think we have a pretty great law and

I'm not done making it better. Governor JB Pritzker has not said whether he plans to sign the bill. A new mental health advisor for the Illinois High School Association says student athletes need better support. Bloomington counselor Kendrick Coates says from his time studying athletes, he has learned the mental health issues come from the nervous system. If we are not giving the athletes the tools that they need.

I'm not done making it better. Governor JB Pritzker has not said whether he plans to sign the bill. A new mental health advisor for the Illinois High School Association says student athletes need better support. Bloomington counselor Kendrick Coates says from his time studying athletes, he has learned the mental health issues come from the nervous system. If we are not giving the athletes the tools that they need.

I, I 100% believe that these things will impact them for the rest of their lives. Coates is the first athlete mental health advisor for the IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. I'm Ben.

I, I 100% believe that these things will impact them for the rest of their lives. Coates is the first athlete mental health advisor for the IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. I'm Ben.