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The Sangamon County Board met Tuesday, December 11.
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
County Board approves sales tax-related referendum for mental health funding

If you spend $100 on items excluding groceries, you would pay an extra 50 cents, if the referendum is approved.

United Way of Central Illinois
Local
5 months ago
United Way of Central Illinois addressing key issues

These priorities reflect what residents want most: programs that create lasting change!

A power substation in winter.
Local
5 months ago
Commerce Commission says ‘winter disconnection rule’ in effect

Power cannot be disconnected between December 1 and March 31, says the ICC.

Agriculture
5 months ago
Pork Producers make food bank donation for holidays

More than fifty tons of processed pork will help make the season bright.

Donated blood
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
ImpactLife urges community to give blood as donations drop around holidays

As we inch closer to the holidays, ImpactLife said donation rates tend to decline.

Health & Wellness
5 months ago
How to have a stress-free holiday

The holidays are stressful for most of everyone. Here are some ways you can have a stress-free holiday.

Behavioral health
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
Behavioral healthcare parity law awaiting Pritzker’s approval

Insurance companies are opposed to the measure.

Leon and Mercedes Wells hold their newborn daughter Alena at their home in the Chicago suburb of Dolton, Ill. on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
Delayed care to 2 Black pregnant women highlights maternal health disparities

Wells, the Illinois mother, was admitted to a different hospital a week after giving birth, after experiencing shortness of breath.

Gov. JB Pritzker signs House Bill 767 at a Dec. 2 news conference in Chicago. He said the bill will protect Illinoisians using science-backed guidelines, rather than “junk science” used by the federal administration under the guidance of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (CNI photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to issue state-specific vaccine guidelines

The new law will allow the state to publish guidelines that differ from the CDC.

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