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Speaker 1: From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. The labor union

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Speaker 1: representing ISU's buildings, grounds, and dining services workers have filed

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Speaker 1: an intent to strike.

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Speaker 1: Renee Nessler is an AFSM staff representative. She says filing

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Speaker 1: intent to strike twice within 4 years should not be

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Speaker 1: the norm. ISU has set it up to be so.

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Speaker 1: It's unnecessary, and all it does is strain current labor

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Speaker 1: and management relationships that we would really like to improve,

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Speaker 1: but they push us to, they're pushing us to the

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Speaker 1: brink again. The union seeks higher wages and a provision

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Speaker 1: to get pay raises when non-union workers get pay increases.

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Speaker 1: A state lawmaker from Bloomington wants to limit corporate influence

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Speaker 1: on elections. Democratic state Representative Sharon Chung has introduced a

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Speaker 1: bill to eliminate corporate money in elections by redefining corporate

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Speaker 1: powers in Illinois law. Chung says it's one way to

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Speaker 1: get past the infamous legacy of former House Speaker Mike Madigan.

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Speaker 1: We kind of have a suspicious history in Illinois when

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Speaker 1: it comes to politicians sort of taking money.

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Speaker 1: And that sort of thing, right? We have, that's not

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Speaker 1: a great history that we want to stand on. The

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Speaker 1: Good Government Group Reform for Illinois says the bill would

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Speaker 1: likely face a legal challenge if it ever becomes law.

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Speaker 1: Central Illinois Regional Airport is seeking community donations to help

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Speaker 1: offset the financial struggles of TSA officers during a partial

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Speaker 1: government shutdown.

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Speaker 1: Airport spokesperson Melissa Beaver says the TSA manager recommends items

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Speaker 1: like household products or gift cards to gas stations

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Speaker 2: because we have TSA officers who are driving um here

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Speaker 2: to Bloomington to work without getting paid from places like Flanagan, Springfield,

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Speaker 2: and Decatur.

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Speaker 1: Federal elected officials are still fighting over the funding for

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Speaker 1: the Department of Homeland Security, which funds TSA.

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Speaker 1: And the Illinois Secretary of State is warning residents about

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Speaker 1: a text message-based DMV scam. It might be dire with

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Speaker 1: an urgent headline Vehicle registration revocation driving privileges suspended, it

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Speaker 1: might say in a run-on sentence. But Alexei Giannoullius says

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Speaker 1: he doesn't threaten to revoke licenses via text message. Giannoullius

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Speaker 1: is encouraging people to screenshot the scam texts and forward

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Speaker 1: them to scam alert@LSOS.gov, then delete them. I'm Lou Winner, WGLT.