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18% legislative pay raises started with Pritzker, though he sought raises only for the cabinet

By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer
Jan 08, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The idea for raising salaries of top Illinois state government officials, which culminated this weekend with the House and Senate voting lawmakers an 18% p...
State House Republican leader Durkin announces his exit from the General Assembly

By Steve Zalusky
Jan 08, 2023 12:00 am - State Rep. Jim Durkin, who said in November he was giving up his post as Illinois House Republican leader, is now saying he is resigning from the House of Representative...
Lame-duck state lawmakers vote themselves a 16% raise

By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press
Jan 07, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Democrats working in a lame-duck session left town for a weekend break Friday night - but not before voting on plans to give themselves a pa...
Illinois House approves increased abortion, gender care protections

By Hannah Meisel
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on...
Illinois House passes new ban on high-powered weapons, large-capacity magazines

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state House early Friday and now awaits acti...
U of I removes COVID-19 vaccine, testing requirements

Associated Press
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois has removed its COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for all students and employees, system President Tim Killeen anno...
Medical officials warn of a growing threat from the COVID-19 'Kraken' variant

By Jake Griffin
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - A new highly contagious and ominously dubbed the “Kraken” subvariant of COVID-19 is driving infections in the northeastern part of the country and showing up in greater ...
Supreme Court sets March timeline for oral arguments in cash bail appeal

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be at least three months away fr...
Daily Herald opinion: If only there were more like Jesse White in Illinois government

The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Jan 04, 2023 12:00 am - To refer to Jesse White as Illinois' longest-running secretary of state feels like a disservice to a man who has lived more lives and done more things than many of us co...
Weather Service: Storms sparked at least 6 tornadoes in Illinois

Jan 04, 2023 12:00 am - Severe weather that swept Illinois on Tuesday produced at least six tornadoes, the largest number of rare January tornadoes recorded in the state since 1989, the Nationa...

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