State legislators visit new solar array installation at Willowbrook Wildlife Center State legislators, including Rep. Terra Costa Howard, second from right, meet with staff from Illinois Solar Energy Association and DuPage County Forest Preserve District. Courtesy of Aileron Communications Inc.
Updated 5/3/2021 8:20 PM
State legislators joined the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and the Illinois Solar Energy Association on Monday, April 26, to celebrate the new solar array at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn.
The 72 kW array is the Forest Preserve District s largest solar installation to date. The solar array will save the county $8,000 per year on energy costs and help the wildlife center continue its work of providing care and medical treatment to injured and orphaned wild animals.
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By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
Illinois lawmakers are urging representatives from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to work out their differences in mediation.
Earlier this month, the museum cuts ties with the foundation after neither side could come to an agreement on a memorandum of understanding.
Representatives told a House Committee that it tried for several months to come to an agreement with the foundation but were met with silence.
“We have made every effort to be professional and diplomatic in our public comments about the foundation, but I have to tell you bluntly, I’ve never experienced anything close to this level of stonewalling or hostility,” said Melissa Coultas, acting director for ALPLM.
Legislators gathered on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln s death to hear arguments over the Abraham Presidential Library and Museum and a private fundraising foundation that the ALPLM says is overly secretive about finances. The foundation says that it has given millions of dollars to help the ALPLM, including $1.8 million during the most recent fiscal year. But ALPLM officials say that the nonprofit provides scant financial support for the institution s programs and infrastructure needs. With no legislation pending on ALPLM governance or finances, legislators on the House Tourism Committee asked why the fray over money and power landed in their laps. Lawmakers urged the two sides to hire a mediator, an idea the foundation supports and the ALPLM rejects. Two legislators suggested repealing a 2019 law that gives the foundation a role in running the institution.