GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER IS SIGNING NEW SCIENCE-RELATED LAWS, HONORING MEDICAL HISTORY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE EDUCATION.
THE MEASURES ADD AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND AG EDUCATION CLASSES AS COURSE OPTIONS REQUIRED TO MEET UNIVERSITY ADMISSION STANDARDS. SENATOR DORIS TURNER OF SPRINGFIELD SPONSORED THE CHANGE.
SENATOR DAVE KOEHLER....
ANOTHER NEW LAW NAMES PENICILLIUM RUBENS AS THE OFFICIAL STATE MICROBE OF ILLINOIS. IT'S A NOD TO THE WORK OF AN AG LAB IN PEORIA WHICH WAS ABLE TO MASS PRODUCE PENICILLIN IN THE 1940'S.