REVISION: Regional budget 8/22/07

Changes to budget include:

No hummingbird story from Peoria

Governor's veto unlikely. (Watch Illinois category)

WAITING ON PAYCHECKS: SPRINGFIELD -- State contractors who provide early intervention services to developmentally delayed infants and children are among those waiting on paychecks because of the state's budget crisis. They and the families they serve worry that if money doesn't arrive soon, they may have to stop working with the children. Heupel. 600 words./Illinois

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(Budget as it moved in the afternoon)

GateHouse News Service Regional Budget (8/22/07)

Here are the top Illinois stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://ghns.ghnewsroom.com

*Please check this Web site in the evening for changes to story lineup, including breaking news.

Contacts:

Regional Editor Jonie Larson, (217) 816-3343, jlarson@gatehousemedia.com

National Editor Jean Hodges, (630) 348-3350, jhodges@gatehousemedia.com

SEX OFFENDER FACT:

In one state, public urination can land you on a sex offender registry for at least 10 years. Find this and more in the sex offender national project. Look for graphics and web-only features, such as video and an interactive map, on the news service now under special reports. Running Aug. 25-26.

News

STATE BUDGET: Hearing, unofficially, the governor will file his anticipated veto of portions of the $59 billion budget plan that lawmakers sent him. Assuming that happens, we will go through the veto to determine what "pork projects," etc., he wants to cut. COLINDRES/HEUPEL/CAPITOL BUREAU/this evening/Illinois

APPEARING ON TV: Leon Logothetis, star of "The Amazing Adventures of a Nobody," rode an Amtrak train from Chicago to Galesburg in the fall of 2005, less than halfway through his quest to travel across America by relying on the kindness of strangers. The show airs this week on the Fox Reality Channel.

ART: mug

BREAKOUT: When to watch box

GALESBURG/posted/Illinois News

LST TOURS. Today is the first day the public can tour the LST 325, one of only two WWII LSTs to be preserved. It's docking in Peoria through next Tuesday. Who is touring and what they think. ANSTETT.

ART: yes

PEORIA/this evening/Illinois News

MISSING HUMMINGBIRDS: Erratic weather this spring may have cut the number of hummingbirds dramatically. Springfield's Vernon Kleen has hummingbird festivals around the state to band and track the birds. He says the numbers are down by half in some places. He'll hold a festival at Forest Park Aug. 25. BIBO/PEORIA/this evening/Illinois News

NO SCHOOL AID. Comptroller Dan Hynes said the state will miss the second general state aid payment because Illinois government is still without a budget. Wondering how this is affecting local schools as the first week is just getting underway. MCDONALD/PEORIA/this evening/Illinois

Sports

MIKE NADEL: CHICAGO - Cubs-Cards fun and a quarterback felon were among the subjects featured this week in my blog, The Baldest Truth. Early evening posting./Illinois Sports and Mike Nadel

DAILY SOUTHTOWN: - Note: Southtown won't be covering Cubs on their current road trip (starting today). Other Southtown offerings:

ARVIA COLUMN: BEARS

SOX NOTEBOOK - WHALEN

NO CUBS

FIRE SIGN FOREIGN STAR - http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x2110145041 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x2110145041>

BROTHERS IN ARMS: Illinois freshman defensive tackle Josh Brent calls Illini sophomore tight end Micahel Hoomanawanui his "brother from another mother.'' Though not related, these guys are like family. Even with interest from the game's powerhouses, Brent followed Hoomanwanui to Illinois. SUPINIE.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Not that long ago, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was proclaiming his innocence of animal cruelty charges and his attorney said that innocence would be proven at trial. EDITORIAL/SPRINGFIELD/posted/Illinois Opinion