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Welch launches private working group to respond to sexual harassment, but it’s off to a rocky startAug 07, 2026 11:38 am - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch wants to create a working group to improve how the General Assembly responds to sexual harassment. Welch announced the closed-door, Democrat-only working group on Wednesday, but he didn’t name its members. A Welch ally, however, posted an apparent list of all appointees to his Facebook page.
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Pritzker signs bills allowing state to review insurance rate hikesAug 04, 2026 4:51 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will give the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review and approve rate changes for homeowners and automobile policies.
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State offers 10-day tax break on back-to-school shoppingAug 03, 2026 4:47 pm - Parents starting on back-to-school shopping will get a temporary sales tax break for 10 days this month.
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Pritzker signs new laws requiring businesses to accept cash, pay employees for jury dutyAug 03, 2026 2:52 pm - Most Illinois retailers will be required to accept cash payments beginning in 2028 under a bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker. The measures was one of 87 bills Pritzker signed on Friday.
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Illinois launches new program to provide food benefits to people who lost SNAPAug 02, 2026 2:20 pm - Households that lost SNAP eligibility in recent months became eligible for a one-time $400 payment from the state beginning Saturday, Aug. 1. State lawmakers appropriated $70 million in the fiscal year 2027 budget to create the FRESH program. About 150,000 Illinoisans were expected to lose SNAP benefits beginning May 1 because of new work requirements for the program established by Congress.
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Pritzker signs laws regulating how social media platforms interact with childrenJul 31, 2026 1:41 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens.
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Illinois Prisoner Review Board denies early release for deputy convicted of killing unarmed Black womanJul 31, 2026 1:38 pm - The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted unanimously Friday to deny former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson’s application for compassionate release. He is serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder for the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey.
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Sean Grayson, seeking medical release from murder sentence, still maintains Sonya Massey ‘attacked’ himJul 30, 2026 6:53 pm - The ex-Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey in her kitchen is asking for medical release from a state prison — and maintaining that Massey “attacked” him.
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Illinois state elections board tells DOJ it follows federal law on voting integrityJul 29, 2026 6:53 pm - Letter responds to Trump administration threats of criminal prosecution for noncitizen voting
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Illinois formally recognizes gambling addiction, allowing new treatment optionsJul 27, 2026 6:30 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday that officially recognizes gambling disorder as an addiction in Illinois.
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