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Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycleNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - Monday morning marks the official beginning of the 2024 election cycle in Illinois, opening up the weeklong period when candidates for local, state, congressional and ju...
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ILLINOIS State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offendersNov 15, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether it is constitutional to impose lifetime restrictions on where a person can live after they've been convicted...
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Staffing agencies sued by Illinois attorney general say they are exempt from antitrust lawsNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court today will hear arguments from three staffing agencies that say their industry is exempt from state antitrust laws in a case claiming the firm...
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State lawmakers debate scholarship tax credit, other issues in final days of sessionNov 05, 2023 1:00 am - Lawmakers will return to Springfield this week for the second half of their fall veto session, giving advocates of a tax credit program for private school scholarships o...
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Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules in IllinoisNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before th...
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First week of veto session wraps up with little legislative movementOct 26, 2023 11:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers are heading back to their districts after three days of legislative session in Springfield this week that saw little movement on several major initiat...
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Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivalsOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - As Chicago prepares this week for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is once again publicly ...
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Giannoulias recommends keeping the driving test age at 79Sep 28, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this week filed administrative rules that would permanently increase the age at which drivers are required to pass a drivin...
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House leader introduces bill to allow legislative staff to unionizeSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engag...
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State's high court opens interactive learning centerSep 22, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In 1946, the Illinois Supreme Court heard a case that would eventually become a landmark in American legal history. The public school district in Champaign...