Illinois
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Amid 'unprecedented' prolonged revenue boom, state finds budget breathing room
Feb 02, 2023 4:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sustained higher-than-predicted Illinois tax revenues have, in recent months, given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern ...
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Pritzker seeks more info on AP African American studies course
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Unfilled classroom positions in Illinois reached a five-year high in 2022
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Appellate court upholds downstate restraining order on weapons ban
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Tests, health care, student loans: What happens in Illinois and U.S. when COVID-19 emergency ends
Jan 31, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage,...
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Measure to ease path for name changes sent to governor
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Minimum wage plan helps workers and businesses alikeJan 29, 2023 12:00 am - This month, hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers got a raise - and much-needed relief from the inflationary pressures that have been reducing the value of paychecks...
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Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors foundJan 27, 2023 4:00 am - It would have taken a media blackout over the final months of 2022 to have missed the intense debate and heated campaign rhetoric over the SAFE-T Act and the state's pla...
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Why suburban food pantries expect further stressJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will return to their pre-pandemic levels in March, creating further stress for suburban food pantries that h...
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Illinois attorney general contests 'badly flawed' ruling that blocked end of cash bail
Jan 26, 2023 12:00 am - The Illinois attorney general's office on Thursday filed its opening argument with the state's highest court as it seeks to overturn a judge's ruling that found parts of...