Articles filed under Capitol News Illinois
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Consumer advocates, utilities spar over proposed rate hikesJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Millions of Illinoisans could see higher energy bills next year, but how much higher will be determined by a state agency whose oversight powers recently were ...
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Pritzker signs noncitizen health care plan, immediately pauses enrollmentJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker's administration last week wasted no time exercising new authority granted by lawmakers to limit the number of enrollees in a pair of stat...
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Legislative watchdog sees job as educational opportunityJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - After 15 months as Illinois' legislative inspector general, Judge Michael McCuskey is moving to Springfield. Since he first assumed the role in February 20...
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Rauner's portrait added to 'Hall of Governors'Jun 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Former Gov. Bruce Rauner's portrait has joined the "Hall of Governors" in the Illinois Capitol. The Winnetka Republican-turned-Florida resident on Monday u...
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Anti-book ban bill becomes lawJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books ...
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Link finally admits he wore a wire to secretly record fellow lawmaker in 2018Jun 09, 2023 1:00 am - Former state Sen. Terry Link publicly acknowledged for the first time this week that he'd worn a wire to secretly record a fellow lawmaker in 2019. Link, a Vernon Hills ...
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Pritzker puts final stamp on $50.4 billion state spending planJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday, marking the first spending plan of his second term as governor....
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Springfield or Chicago. New law limits where people can challenge state laws, ordersJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - People who file lawsuits in state courts challenging the constitutionality of a state law, administrative rule or executiv...
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500+ bills await Pritzker decision in next 3 monthsJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly i...
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Pritzker touts new budget's higher education spendingMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday to...