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'Keeping the pressure on': Push to transfer Route 53 right of way for greenway continues
Aug 8, 2023 5:00 AM - A Lake County advocacy group is working to ensure that land set aside for the now-defunct Route 53 extension is developed as a greenway sooner rather than later. -
Pritzker signs bills mandating teaching of Native American history, repatriating remains
Aug 7, 2023 5:20 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a package of bills extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the teaching of Native American history in public schools. -
Illinois will create a $10 million hotline for abortion access
Jul 31, 2023 5:36 PM - As another of Illinois' border states is set to enact a near-total abortion ban this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced several new programs to help address the influx of out-of-state abortion seekers the state has seen in the 13 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. -
Pritzker signs bill overhauling mandatory supervised release
Jul 28, 2023 7:37 PM - A new law in Illinois aims to give former inmates a better chance to succeed outside of prison and reduce the likelihood that they'll be sent back. -
State announces 3rd manufacturing expansion spurred by new tax credit
Jul 27, 2023 4:08 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced another milestone Thursday in his administration's push to expand the state's role as a manufacturing hub in the renewable energy economy. -
Pritzker signs bill he says will help bring state's homelessness to 'functional zero'
Jul 26, 2023 5:25 PM - The codifies an executive order establishing the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness. -
AFSCME ratifies new 4-year contract with the state
Jul 25, 2023 5:27 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state's largest public employee union announced Tuesday that they have agreed on a new contract that will provide a nearly 18% pay increase over four years, including a 4% raise this year. -
Pritzker focuses on business development, clean energy jobs
Jul 21, 2023 4:14 PM - On Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in Joliet to celebrate the grand opening of a new Lion Electric assembly plant, the first new automotive factory in the greater Chicago area since 1965. -
Lawmakers criticize Pritzker's handling of noncitizen health care cap
Jul 19, 2023 5:18 PM - Members of an oversight committee voiced concerns Tuesday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration didn't sufficiently seek public input on its plan to cap enrollment in Medicaid-like health care programs for noncitizens. -
Pritzker to visit Northfield temple to speak on gun violence preventionJul 19, 2023 11:28 AM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to speak about gun violence prevention at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 27, at Temple Jeremiah, 937 N. Happ Road in Northfield.
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