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WBGZ Radio 5/6/2021 |
By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is making a push for southern Illinoisans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and he s offering incentives, including free shooting targets.
Pritzker traveled to Sparta on Tuesday to announce a new mobile vaccination site at the Worldwide Shooting and Recreation complex. The site will be operated by the Illinois National Guard in coordination with the Randolph County health department and will be open for walk-ins on May 14 and May 15. The WSRC mobile site will offer the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
“If you come and get vaccinated at the World Shooting Recreational Complex vax site, which is already completely free, you will get 100 free targets of traps, skeet, or sporting clays anytime before the end of October,” Pritzker said.
Bipartisan budget talks underway in Springfield
Statehouse Democrats have brought Republicans to the table to talk about spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Democratic state Rep. Mike Zalewski said if the bipartisan talks are productive, lawmakers could have budget details out with time for the public to review.
There’s a May 31 deadline to pass the budget with simple majorities.
Cannabis sales top $1 billion in Illinois
Licensed legal cannabis stores have sold more than $1 billion of cannabis since the drug was legalized in January 2020.
April sales jumped nearly $6 million from March to nearly $115 million dollars sold. But, that’s not as large of a monthly increase as was experienced with March’s $109 million in sales.