Lee rejects six turbines | Daily Chronicle

The Lee Village Board earlier this week unanimously rejected a developer’s plan to build six wind turbines outside the village but within one and a half miles of it

The developer, NextEra Energy Resources, says that in the first year, the turbines would generate $83,000 in local taxes to the county, $51,000 for schools and $3,700 for the fire district.
NextEra, a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light Energy Illinois Wind LLC, also offered the village of Lee $60,000 – and $3,000 each year thereafter – to help the village make improvements to streets, drainage and other infrastructure.

The proposal before Lee officials was part of a 151-turbine wind farm that will straddle DeKalb and Lee counties

Lee rejects six turbines | Daily Chronicle

Daily Herald | State to move forward with layoffs

 

AFSCME to reopen its contract to consider concessions, such as unpaid furlough days and a pay freeze.

AFSCME Executive Director Henry Bayer says the proposed concessions would cut workers' pay by up to 15 percent and would still result in 1,000 layoffs.

To help deal with a huge budget deficit, Quinn has proposed 2,600 layoffs, including many in Illinois' prisons

Daily Herald | State to move forward with layoffs