WGLT Newscasts - 9:04am 6-26-2025

Published Jun 26, 2025, 2:06 PM

This newscast aired at 9:04am on 6-26-2025 on WGLT.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. Governor JB Pritzker has made it official. He released a video this morning announcing that he is running for a third term next year.

We don't just talk about problems in Illinois. We solve them because we know government ought to stand up for working families and be a force for good, not a weapon of

revenge.

Pritzker, a Democrat, is also rumored to be a candidate for president in 2012.

His video takes aim at President Trump, casting himself as a firewall against Trump's policies. Pritzker is seeking to become the first Illinois governor in over three decades to run for more than 2 terms. A new report says Illinois is facing a housing shortage of 142,000 homes. According to the report, Illinois would need to build 45,000 homes every year for 5 years to meet the demand.

Report co-author Frank Manzo is an economist at the Illinois Economic Policy Institute. He says the shortage is due to a lack of housing inventory, high demand, and restrictions on home building across the state. The problem we currently have is that there are not enough homes available, and what is available is much more expensive than it used to be, and you simply cannot buy what you can't afford. Manzo says streamlining the home construction process and easing zoning restrictions could help close the gap.

At an open house in Nor, at least 2 residents expressed concerns about how close a proposed solar farm would be to their home southeast of Bloomington. Giovanta Blunt is public policy coordinator for Dariva Energy. He says the proximity to homes is a common concern. We always want to be a good neighbor. We work with them sometimes in some cases we can.

Change our project plans. Uh, we don't make promises, but sometimes we can change our project plans based on the neighbor's feedback. Blunt says Dariva may look to use natural vegetation to partially conceal the farm from residents.

And a new mental health program at Carl Broman Medical Center helps patients discharged from their behavioral health unit transition back to daily life. Daytime sessions are held Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at Karl Broman Medical Center for those referred to the program. I'm John Norton, WGLT News.

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