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Protesters seek support for caregivers of people with disabilitiesApr 26, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois disability advocates urge state legislators to raise wages and prevent cuts to services for caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Pritzker balances messaging as some Dems encourage party to avoid ‘bathroom issues’Apr 26, 2025 4:00 am - While Pritzker champions transgender rights, Newsom and Emanuel say Democrats should talk less about social issues and more about the economy.
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Stratton secures Pritzker’s backing in Senate bid, positions herself as ‘fighter’ of TrumpApr 25, 2025 3:54 pm - Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday received a key endorsement from Gov. JB Pritzker, nearly eight years after he first tapped her to be his running mate.
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‘I’ve done this my way’: Durbin reflects on decision to retireApr 24, 2025 6:31 pm - Standing on his backyard deck Thursday — the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate — Illinois’ senior Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on his decision to retire after four decades in Congress.
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Measles outbreak spreads to Illinois with case reported downstateApr 24, 2025 10:32 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state.
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Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after Trump’s funding freezeApr 22, 2025 1:36 pm - Amid federal cuts to two food programs designed to strengthen statewide food systems, Illinois lawmakers are trying to help small farms by pushing two bills through the legislature that would reallocate state funds to purchase farm food locally and help poultry farmers sell more of their products directly to consumers.
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Social Security rescinding its plan to end phone-based filing called a win for Illinois seniorsApr 18, 2025 2:06 pm - The Illinois chapter of AARP played a role in the Trump administration reversing itself and allowing Social Security beneficiaries to have the option of filing for benefits over the phone.
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Lawmakers moving forward on public defender reformApr 18, 2025 1:44 pm - SPRINGFIELD — When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases in a courtroom that sho...
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Pared-back ‘Right to Play’ bill advances in General Assembly, awaits Senate actionApr 18, 2025 1:34 pm - The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school teams during the same season in which they play for their school.
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Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakersApr 18, 2025 1:25 pm - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator testified Thursday in his own defense at his federal corruption trial.