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Senate deals Pritzker first veto override

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker was dealt his first veto override Wednesday when the state Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that retroactively exte...
Funeral held for ex-Springfield mayor, medical examiner wife

The Associated Press
Feb 04, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Funeral services were held Tuesday for a former mayor of Springfield, Illinois and his medical examiner wife who died last week in the crash of ...
'Major flaws' reported as state shifts former foster children into Medicaid managed care

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state's foster care system within the last year abruptly lost t...
House bucks governor to OK reinstatement of tax break on aircraft parts

By Rebecca Anzel Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of legislation restoring and retroactively applying a tax break for aircraf...
Gun rights advocates sue state police over FOID delays

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A pair of gun rights advocacy groups are suing the Illinois State Police, its director and the chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau...
Tax amnesty program nets more than $60M more than expected

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A tax amnesty program created during the passage of last year's state operating budget has brought in nearly $240 million - approximately $60 million more ...
How coronavirus in China could hurt Illinois soybean farmers

By Ben Order Capitol News Illinois borner@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Soybean farmers in Illinois cannot catch a break. After a promising trade deal with China last month gave farmers hope amid an intense trade war, the deadl...
Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeed

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
Feb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red-light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targ...
Illinois mistakenly cancels ex-inmates' voter registrations

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
Feb 03, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - The voter registrations of nearly 800 former Illinois inmates may have been mistakenly canceled because of a "data-matching error" between state agencies, the ...
Transportation agency plans event for minority entrepreneurs

The Associated Press
Feb 02, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State transportation officials have planned an event next month in Springfield for minority and women-owned businesses. The conference on Feb. ...

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