The owner of a former Mitsubishi auto plant in Normal, Illinois, which bought it last month, will hold an auction in August to sell off the facility and its equipment.

Speaking Thursday on the House floor, Madigan boasted that his Democrats had passed spending bills without Gov. Bruce Rauner’s “Turnaround” agenda attached.

Home builders breathed a sigh of relief when a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision upheld the status quo for home builders’ liability when a defect is found years down the line.

In the glory days of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when nuclear power generation held the promise of electricity “too cheap to meter,” Illinois jumped in with both feet. Fourteen nuclear generating plants were built at nine sites across the state.

A stopgap budget to fund government operations was nearly delayed June 30 when Republicans were caught off-guard by a last-minute amendment pushed by Democrats in the House Legislative Black Caucus.

The Governor and the Leaders’ stopgap funding plan, signed into law Thursday, provides appropriations for critical Illinois Department of Commerce programs including assistance for low-income households, workforce training, small business loans and export assistance, tourism promotion, and energy efficiency programs.