Articles filed under Capitol News Illinois
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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...
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State Supreme Court weighs another biometric privacy lawsuitSep 22, 2023 1:00 am - In Springfield on Thursday, the medical industry went to court. The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of class-action suits brought by two suburban n...
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Pritzker pleased with Biden's moves on migrant work permitsSep 21, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Biden administration's decision to speed up the processing of work authorizations for asylum-seekers and extend temporary protected status to Venezuela...
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New rules for high-powered rifle permits will take effect Oct. 1Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinoisans who own weapons that can no longer be purchased or sold in the state under its ban on high-powered rifles will soon be able to register those w...
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Ex-trooper seeks to regain driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crashSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - For years, former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White blocked attempts by an ex-state trooper to regain his driving privileges after a high-speed crash that caused t...
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House speaker's staff could test limits of Workers' Rights AmendmentSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Efforts by staff members in House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's office to form a union could provide an early and unexpected test of the new Workers' Rig...
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'Thunderdomes of controversy and strife:' Giannoulias testifies about Illinois' effort to block book bansSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias was in Washington, D.C., this week to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding a new state law aimed at...
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State fair reports nine-year attendance highSep 13, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois State Fair - the multimillion-dollar annual agriculture festival in Springfield - reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of ...