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‘The worst emergency I’ve seen’: Crespo reflects on ouster by House speaker over budget plan

By Marni Pyke
May 20, 2025 5:59 pm - “We’re going to move forward as a collective,” Speaker Chris Welch says. Lawmaker says he was “just trying to be helpful.”
Illinois mulls ending a health program for some immigrants living in the US illegally

By JOHN O'CONNOR
May 19, 2025 2:25 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker's positioning of Illinois as a sanctuary state, a welcoming port for immigrants from across the globe, hit the hard reality of state budgeting this spring.
AG: Tollway violated the Open Meetings Act with settlement vote

By Marni Pyke
May 18, 2025 9:00 pm - The Illinois tollway “fully accepts the findings and recommendations regarding a one-time oversight.” But, those actions “erode trust and undermine the democratic process,” a state senator said.
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel

By SIMON CARR & SONYA DYMOVA
May 17, 2025 5:35 pm - A growing number of state lawmakers are moving to repeal a 2015 Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel to protest its policies toward Palestinians.
Illinois’ motor fuel tax is working as intended: Fixing roads and keeping up with costs

By Frank Manzo IV
May 17, 2025 1:28 pm - Every July 1 since 2019, Illinois’ motor fuel tax ticks upward with the rate of inflation. And every year, the same talking heads emerge attacking it as some evidence of broken government.
Bears shift stadium focus back to Arlington Heights

By Christopher Placek
May 16, 2025 12:20 pm - The Chicago Bears on Friday announced a shift in focus back to Arlington Heights for their stadium development plans, after previously considering a lakefront site in Chicago.
GOP candidates for state offices will host discussion in St. Charles Saturday morning

By David Petesch
May 16, 2025 11:53 am - Republican candidates for Illinois governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will host a discussion in St. Charles on Saturday, May 17.
Political roundabout: Dems Bankole, Dunung and Morrison line up to fill Raja’s seat; JB to face GOP in DC

By Marni Pyke
May 15, 2025 7:08 pm - Several candidates have lined up to replace U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi in the House, including two former staffers. Gov. Pritzker heads to Washington to testify on immigration issues.
Safety reforms could be coming for Chicago-area transit, but funding still up in the air

By Andrew Adams
May 15, 2025 4:42 pm - With just over two weeks to go before their spring adjournment, lawmakers in Springfield are facing a tight deadline to pass major reforms to the Chicago-area transit system — but officials have released few concrete details of the plan they say is taking shape.
Hoffman Estates legislator Crespo ousted from Democratic caucus, loses committee chair

Ben Szalinski
May 15, 2025 3:26 pm - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch made the extraordinary move of removing suburban state Rep. Fred Crespo as appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session.

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