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Alumnus shares forestry experience Posted By: Features Editor April 7, 2021 Dionte Berry @murraystate.edu Fresh from graduation, alumnus Nick Bohannon found himself taking on a job in the government with the U.S. Forest Service.  Bohannon graduated in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in conservation and wildlife biology law. He applied for this job in October 2019. Bohannon is a part of the U.S. Forest Service Region 9 Timber Strike Team. He is stationed at the Shawnee National Forest ...

When it comes to the connection between anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change and extreme weather, the gap gets smaller each year. There are clear links to drastic changes in hurricanes, floods, droughts, heat waves, fires, and winter extremes.  What about severe weather? We dont hear much about bigger and more dangerous tornadoes... thats because the connection between a warming world and severe weather like thunderstorms and tornadoes is much wider than with the others. To dig into t...

Residents in local neighborhood ask motorists to stop at stop sign Unmute Murphysboro residents ask drivers to stop at stop sign MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WSIL) -- People in one Southern Illinois neighborhood say enough is enough when it comes to speeders. Theres new concern after a driver recently blew a stop sign. Now, residents say they hope a little peer pressure on social media might make a difference before they get the police involved. Murphysboro residents want to ...

By Tim Kirsininkas Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Public health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said on Monday the state is “getting close” to the next phase of reopening amid increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and decreasing positivity rates. Speaking in a Senate Health Committee meeting, Ezike said the state has been working on a phased reopening plan that could be announced by Governor JB Pritzker later this week. “Weve been thinking about what the different b...

Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike shares her experience with getting her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in an educational video distributed by the states "All in Illinois" awareness campaign. SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Public health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said on Monday the state is “getting close” to the next phase of reopening amid increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and decreasing positivity rates. Speaking in a Senate Health Comm...

Pritzker could reveal plan this week

‘American Rescue Plan’ to send $13.2 billion for state and local governments in Illinois

How transparent the Illinois state Legislature is in the era of COVID-19 depends on who you ask.

The state has been working on a phased reopening plan that could be announced by Gov. JB Pritzker later this week.

Lawmakers from both parties told officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Thursday, March 11 that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from the newly-enacted American Rescue Plan. Those comments came during a virtual hearing of the House Revenue and Finance Committee that took place just hours after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law. “I think th...