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Illinois rolling out streamlined online professional licensing systemMar 14, 2025 2:29 pm - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation updated lawmakers Wednesday on its new online licensing system to streamline the process and eliminate backlogs.
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lMar 08, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois homeschooling families rally against a proposed bill requiring them to notify districts and provide materials if truancy concerns arise.
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State lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to MedicaidMar 08, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois hospitals sound alarm on "sweeping and shocking" Medicaid cuts. Could state's uninsured rate double overnight?
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Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroomMar 08, 2025 4:00 am - Many large Illinois school districts already limit classroom cellphone use. Gov. Pritzker wants a statewide ban, saying it reduces bullying and improves test scores.
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With electricity price spikes coming, environmental and industry groups pitch reformMar 08, 2025 4:00 am - With rising electricity demand straining Illinois' grid, lawmakers and advocates propose bills to increase utility efficiency targets, regulate data centers' energy use, and incentivize battery storage development to boost reliability and curb costs.
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Legislative revenue estimate more than $700 million lower than Pritzker’s proposed budgetMar 08, 2025 4:00 am - Lawmakers project $737 million less revenue than Governor Pritzker for next fiscal year, raising questions during budget negotiations.
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Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroomMar 07, 2025 6:41 am - Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruction.
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High school student helps draft bill to put opioid overdose meds in Illinois librariesMar 06, 2025 6:38 pm - Jordan Henry, a senior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, is working with her local state representative on a bill that would require public libraries to keep on hand medications that can reverse an opioid overdose.
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With electricity price spikes coming, environmental and industry groups pitch reformMar 06, 2025 3:26 pm - Illinois faces potential energy shortfalls and all-but-guaranteed price spikes for northern Illinois this summer, consumer and environmental advocates say.
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Illinois bill aims to add more oversight of home schoolingMar 04, 2025 9:46 am - A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who home-school their children, a response to concerns that the state does little to ensure these students receive an education and are protected from harm.