road salt

With all the snow, ice, and rain we've been getting lately here in the Stateline, supplies of road salt are running extremely low, especially here in Rockford.

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The increasing needs of a government without a budget has at least temporarily cut into Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's resolve to stand firm against spending any state money without a spending agreement. The Republican governor compromised last week, allowing Democrats who control the House to approve spending authority for about $3 billion even though the state has gone m