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Illinois State Politics

‘Time to pass the torch’: With Durbin not seeking reelection, here’s who could run.

By Marni Pyke and Russell Lissau
Apr 23, 2025 10:41 am - Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek re-election, setting off what’s likely to be a lively skirmish to replace him. Here’s some Democrats and Republicans eyeing the job.
‘I stared down the barrel of a gun’: Lawmakers focus on transit safety at hearing

By Marni Pyke
Apr 22, 2025 9:12 pm - CTA workers describe violence on the job, suburban, Chicago lawmakers listen amid transit reform churn.
Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after Trump’s funding freeze

By Simon Carr
Apr 22, 2025 1:36 pm - Amid federal cuts to two food programs designed to strengthen statewide food systems, Illinois lawmakers are trying to help small farms by pushing two bills through the legislature that would reallocate state funds to purchase farm food locally and help poultry farmers sell more of their products directly to consumers.
Project Labor Agreements deliver on policymakers’ promises to taxpayers and workers

By Frank Manzo IV
Apr 19, 2025 1:48 pm - With tariffs, market volatility, and mass government layoffs dominating headlines lately, much of our national economic discourse has centered around whether public policies and investments are maximizing value for taxpayers and opportunities for American workers.
Lawmakers moving forward on public defender reform

By Ben Szalinski
Apr 18, 2025 1:44 pm - SPRINGFIELD — When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases in a courtroom that sho...
Pared-back ‘Right to Play’ bill advances in General Assembly, awaits Senate action

By Peter Hancock
Apr 18, 2025 1:34 pm - The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school teams during the same season in which they play for their school.
Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers

By Hannah Meisel
Apr 18, 2025 1:25 pm - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator testified Thursday in his own defense at his federal corruption trial.
Mink farming industry toes the line as Illinois lawmakers consider regulations

By JADE AUBREY
Apr 16, 2025 9:38 am - A bill in Springfield, sponsored by Rep. Joyce Mason, a Gurnee Democrat, would regulate the mink industry at the state level, creating mink farm licensing and requirements. But proponents and opponents have vastly different opinions on what it really aims to do.
Despite criticisms, Mundelein approves plan for Ivanhoe Village payments to schools, library

By Russell Lissau
Apr 14, 2025 10:03 pm - Mundelein trustees have approved a tentative plan for how much the company behind the proposed Ivanhoe Village development should pay the schools and library that will be used by its eventual residents.
‘Tariffs are on, tariffs are off’: Pritzker dives into trade, transit and why suburbs went blue

By Marni Pyke
Apr 14, 2025 6:34 pm - As Democrats take a victory romp in Lombard, Pritzker talks about the transit crisis.

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