A Couple of Updates

Tom Ward has sent a note to most all recent retirees again today about the health insurance benefit choice changes. If you didn't happen to receive this, let me know and I will forward his e-mail to you.

Correspondence from Extension Partners has been plentiful in the last few days. I will try to summarize where the legislation stands right now.

Thanks to the hard work of many individuals, Extension is included in the budget that has been sent to the Governor to be signed.

The numbers are.........

County Board Match...........$10,800,000

Youth Educator..........$994,700

Cook County...........$2,749,200

The Gaming Bill also passed, and it is hoped that this will help get County Board Match back to 100%. However, this will take a few years before the new casinos, etc. are in place.

The hope is that the Governor will sign these bills. Now is also the time to thank any legislators that you may have contacted for their help.

If you would like copies of the e-mail from Extension Partners send a request to ieafcslife@gmail.com. If you are  a member, you should be on their list. If you are not, they need your support! Extension would be in much worse shape without them.