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Schools to get funding increase, but less than some had urgedJun 01, 2026 2:26 pm - Illinois lawmakers passed a budget Monday morning that includes a full $350 million increase in Evidence-Based Funding for public schools, money earmarked specifically for the neediest school districts in the state.
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Session ends with $56 billion state budget, new taxes on social media companies, crypto, fantasy sportsJun 01, 2026 9:56 am - Illinois lawmakers approved the state budget early Monday morning after slogging through the night, enacting new taxes on businesses and authorizing less spending than what Gov. JB Pritzker proposed in February.
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Details of $55.9B state budget take shape with just hours left in sessionMay 31, 2026 3:26 pm - The Illinois Senate filed a more than 3,500-page spending plan late Saturday night but how it will be paid for has not been made public. The plan filed as an amendment to...
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POWER Act data center regulation won’t move forward this springMay 31, 2026 7:36 am - Conversations about the POWER Act, a multifaceted data center regulation bill, are not over yet, but the bill won’t ready in time for the General Assembly’s Sunday deadline.
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Bills regulating insurance industry clear General Assembly, await Pritzker’s signatureMay 28, 2026 4:21 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker says he looks forward to signing a pair of bills that cleared the Illinois House on Wednesday giving the state Insurance Department authority to regulate premiums charged for automobile and homeowners insurance.
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State lawmakers approve bill to regulate e-bikes, scootersMay 28, 2026 1:56 pm - The Illinois House has approved a series of new regulations covering e-bikes, e-scooters and other motorized vehicles. If signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, the rules would impose age and speed limits for the vehicles.
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Durbin warns of deep divisions in farewell address to Illinois lawmakersMay 27, 2026 6:36 pm - As he closed his address Wednesday before members of the Illinois General Assembly and Gov. JB Pritzker in the Illinois Capitol, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin invoked the words of another favorite son of Springfield.
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Illinois grows millions of bushels of soybeans. Why aren’t we eating them?May 25, 2026 4:09 pm - CHICAGO — Inside a factory on Chicago’s North Side, the smell of simmering soybeans drifts through the air. On a typical day, “I use about 4,000 pounds of dry beans,” Jen...
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After misconduct accusation in ‘Broadview 6’ case, former lead prosecutor fired from new D.C. jobMay 22, 2026 6:23 pm - The federal jury trial for the remaining “Broadview Six” protesters may have been canceled, but the fallout from Thursday’s bombshell revelations of alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the case continued Friday, with the former lead prosecutor’s firing from her new job and defense attorneys making moves toward sanctions.
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Judge rejects request for special prosecutor to investigate ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ agentsMay 21, 2026 7:23 pm - A Cook County judge on Thursday denied a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute alleged abuses by federal immigration agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” mass deportation campaign last fall.