SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Should injured pro athletes be allowed to earn worker compensation benefits until they are 67 years old, like other workers, even if their athletic careers normally would have ended more than 30 years earlier? That issue is being debated between the Chicago Bears and the NFL Players Association in the Illinois legislature [...]
A Springfield firefighter who traveled to New York to help with 9/11 cleanup efforts is not entitled to compensation from Ohio’s Crime Victim Compensation Fund, according to a recent ruling from the Ohio Court of Claims. The decision affirmed a ruling from the Ohio Attorney General earlier this year denying Fred Zerkle compensation due to [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For the first time in recent history, Illinois Republicans are vastly outspending Democrats in fall legislative races with the help of a wealthy governor determined to curtail a traditionally blue political landscape that has thwarted his agenda for two years. The more than $13 million the GOP’s main campaign committee has [...]
SPRINGFIELD, N.H. (AP) — Jessie Levine smiles and shakes her head when she hears the outgoing voicemail message on her iPhone. “I sound young! And fast!” she marvels. “That person never, ever expected to talk like this.” The message was recorded before Levine was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS, in early 2015, and [...]