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Legislation would lift benefit ban for those with drug convictionsMay 27, 2021 1:00 am - The Senate on Thursday passed House Bill 88, which would provide that a conviction for a drug crime would not make an Illinoisan ineligible for Temporary Assistance for ...
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State Senate sends 'sexting' measure to governorMay 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate on Thursday passed a measure requiring public schools to include the dangers of "sexting" in sex education coursework. House Bill 24 re...
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Supreme Court won't hear FoxFire's challenge to indoor dining banMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court will not take up a case from a Geneva restaurant challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker's indoor dining ban. FoxFire asked the state's h...
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Bill would provide terminally ill prisoners another path for releaseMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate advanced a bill Wednesday that would give the Prisoner Review Board additional authority to consider early release for prisoners who ha...
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Democrats' proposed Supreme Court remap evokes failed GOP attemptMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - If Democrats have their way, the state's five Illinois Supreme Court districts could be redrawn this year for the first time in more than five decades. Dem...
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Senate passes bill to create housing program for mentally ill, substance abusersMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed a bill Wednesday which would create a new housing program for individuals living with mental illness or substance use disorders....
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Republicans tie Democratic mapmaking effort to latest indictmentMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois rtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Republicans on Wednesday tried to tie an indictment of a longtime lieutenant of former House Speake...
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Dems release proposal for new Supreme Court district mapsMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday released a new proposed Illinois Supreme Court district map, redrawing district lines to maximize Dem...
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Senate advances bills to provide menstrual hygiene products at universities, homeless sheltersMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed two bills Tuesday that would advise state universities and colleges, as well as homeless shelters, to provide menstrual hygiene ...
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Abortion foes to challenge 'culturally responsive' teaching standardsMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The leader of one of the state's largest anti-abortion group told a legislative committee Tuesday that the group intend to file a legal challenge against t...