Senate Democrats voted unanimously to block a Republican-led bill Monday evening that would prohibit federally funded schools from allowing transgender athletes from participating in women’s sport

In a letter to 47 governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C., Reps. Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat, and Darin LaHood, a Republican, warn that DeepSeek could introduce data privacy and cybersecurity risks, as well as potentially open the door for foreign adversaries to access sensitive government information.

The expected shortfall reflects increased operational expenses and stagnant or declining enrollment, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James Minor said last fall.

Officials point to a recent survey that revealed that 75 percent of Illinois community college students would pursue a bachelor’s degree if they could complete it at their current institution. Twenty-four other states, including neighboring Missouri and Indiana, have already implemented policies that allow community colleges to offer four-year degree options.

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy filed House Bill 1387 to create a clear transition procedure for charter school closures and consolidations, paving the way for the eventual shutdown of charter schools in Illinois. The bill also prohibits organizations that already operate private, religious or non-public schools from operating a charter school.

In making his ruling, however, U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the convictions on a number of other counts, including the lead count of conspiracy and charges alleging the defendants cooked ComEd’s books to hide the scheme. It wasn’t immediately clear where the case will go next.

“Illinois is doing all we can to preserve health care coverage. But if Trump succeeds in cutting Medicaid, no state in the country has the money to backfill the billions of dollars in funding. It will be gone, and the consequences will be devastating.”

Prosecutors initially charged him with 21 counts of first-degree murder — three counts for each person killed — as well as 48 counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors dropped 48 less serious counts of aggravated battery before jury selection last week. The judge said with the plea change, there would be no trial or further motions on the case.

Chair Kathy Salvi said Pritzker is asking for a “blank check” without any examination of where the money goes: “Pritzker’s budget plan faces a $3 billion budget deficit. He has been given a blank check for the last four years. Now, he is being held to account. So, instead of dealing with the problems that he and his administration have caused here in Illinois, which are causing people to flee our state to neighboring states, he decides instead to distract and sue the federal government,”

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it’s going to take $19 million to restore Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site in Petersburg.

House Bill 1189 says if there is a federally funded construction project that is run by the state or a unit of local government, the higher of the federal prevailing wage or the state prevailing wage will apply to that project.

Illinois Rep. Terra Costa Howard, a Democrat from a Chicago suburb who is sponsoring the legislation, said she began meeting with education and child welfare officials in response to news organizations’ investigation, which detailed how some parents claimed to be removing their children from school to homeschool but then failed to educate them.

“As a recent report by Auditor General Frank Mautino’s office confirms, state officials had little idea what they were doing when they projected the size and cost of health benefit programs for those described as ‘non-citizen immigrants.’ … (Gov. JB) Pritzker was remarkably dismissive of the report, attributing the cost overrun to demand.”