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It’s Time To Bring Safer Rides To Illinois
Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Waymo is ready to bring safe, reliable, autonomous rides to Illinois – but we need your help! Waymo is designed to follow all traffic laws and obey speed limits, and the data shows Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are involved in five times fewer injury-causing collisions compared to humans (as of 6/2025, see waymo.com/safety). Let’s bring safer rides to Illinois.  Waymo’s autonomous vehicles can improve access to transportation for Illinois residents with travel-limiting disabilities like vision impairment, to reach medical care, groceries, and social activities. Waymo’s all-electric autonomous vehicles also provide a more sustainable way for people to get around, preventing 315+ tons of carbon emissions with every 250K trips provided through our ride-hailing service.
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Protect the 340B Program to Enhance Healthcare Services in Low-Income Communities
Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Drugmaker requirements are making it hard for hospitals like Franciscan Health Olympia Fields to turn savings on drug costs into healthcare services for patients. The hospital joined the federal 340B program “to help serve the uninsured and under-insured community residents in Olympia Fields and Chicago Heights.” The poverty rates in both Chicago suburbs are higher than the 11.6% state average—nearly 13% in Olympia Fields and almost 25% in Chicago Heights. The hospital has put 340B savings toward healthcare services, including its:
• Medication to Bedside program that ensures medication access prior to discharge; and • Pharmacist-managed Anticoagulation Clinics and Pharmacotherapy Clinics that improve medication outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions. “The 340B program serves as a vital lifeline for safety-net providers to support critical health services in low-income or isolated rural communities, which are typically operated at a loss,” Franciscan Health said. Since 2020, drugmakers have blocked access to lifesaving medications acquired through the 340B program, making it harder for Illinois’ 100 participating hospitals to invest in healthcare services—and patients.
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Say No To Anti-Competitive Transmission Legislation
Monday, Oct 6, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Voters and the Governor already rejected lawmakers’ push for anti-competitive “Right of First Refusal” (ROFR) legislation that hands transmission contracts to incumbent utilities. Gatekeeping legislation with the principles of ROFR limits competition and raises the barrier for other qualified transmission operators – all which increases the power of ComEd and Ameren while passing on higher rates to consumers. The new approach won’t fool voters. Let’s remember:
• 76% say anti-competition laws only strengthen utilities, not citizens. • 75% say ending competition drives up prices and kills savings. The message is clear: voters want more competition, not less. Voters’ concerns about higher energy prices are rising fast. Since this poll, they’ve endured a sizzling summer with skyrocketing prices, and a new report says the cost of heating a home this winter is expected to jump nearly 8%. Illinois families are feeling the squeeze of energy bills. Competition is the key to relief Voters have made their voice clear: Say no to energy inflation. Don’t hand more power and control to ComEd and Ameren. Say no to ending cost-cutting competition.
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RETAIL: Strengthening Communities Across Illinois
Monday, Oct 6, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Retailers like Joliet’s Internode Greenery and Home serve their communities as more than just brick-and-mortar stores. Internode owner Michelle Arana-Bianchi says she wants Illinois lawmakers to know that her store, and other small businesses, are the backbone of communities and the support they provide goes far beyond selling of retail goods. Retail generates $7.3 billion in income and sales tax revenue each year in Illinois. These funds support public safety, infrastructure, education, and other important programs we all rely on every day. In fact, retail is the second largest revenue generator for the State of Illinois and the largest revenue generator for local governments. Policies that support small businesses help communities thrive as retailers like Michelle are better equipped to meet local needs. We Are Retail and IRMA are showcasing the retailers who make Illinois work.
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Protect the 340B Program to Enhance Healthcare Services in Low-Income Communities
Monday, Oct 6, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Drugmaker requirements are making it hard for hospitals like Franciscan Health Olympia Fields to turn savings on drug costs into healthcare services for patients. The hospital joined the federal 340B program “to help serve the uninsured and under-insured community residents in Olympia Fields and Chicago Heights.” The poverty rates in both Chicago suburbs are higher than the 11.6% state average—nearly 13% in Olympia Fields and almost 25% in Chicago Heights. The hospital has put 340B savings toward healthcare services, including its:
• Medication to Bedside program that ensures medication access prior to discharge; and • Pharmacist-managed Anticoagulation Clinics and Pharmacotherapy Clinics that improve medication outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions. “The 340B program serves as a vital lifeline for safety-net providers to support critical health services in low-income or isolated rural communities, which are typically operated at a loss,” Franciscan Health said. Since 2020, drugmakers have blocked access to lifesaving medications acquired through the 340B program, making it harder for Illinois’ 100 participating hospitals to invest in healthcare services—and patients.
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