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Despite BUILD’s failure, housing advocates celebrate legislative winsJun 16, 2026 2:20 pm - Housing advocates viewed the 2026 legislative session as a mixed bag as they secured new funding but fell short in passing statewide zoning laws aimed at spurring housing development. Competing proposals in the spring session weighed local control, affordable housing and density to address housing shortage.
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Nonprofits hope legislation before Pritzker will speed up payments from stateJun 15, 2026 6:33 pm - Illinois nonprofit organizations providing human services face chronic payment delays from the state, with some waiting months for reimbursement of contracted services. Legislation pending before Gov. JB Pritzker could change that.
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Illinois distributes first $25M to local pharmacies to help them competeJun 12, 2026 12:50 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker announced nearly $25 million in funding to support 434 independent pharmacies across the state. The funding, established through bipartisan legislation signed by Pritzker last year, is generated through fees levied on pharmacy benefit managers, the pharmaceutical middlemen responsible for negotiating drug pricing plans between drug developers and employer insurance plans.
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Illinois zeroes in on improving math education with ‘first-of-its-kind’ numeracy planJun 11, 2026 5:58 pm - The Illinois State Board of Education formally adopted a plan Wednesday aimed at improving math instruction and boosting student math scores throughout the state.
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Raoul suggests funding shortfall could make winning legal battles against Trump harderJun 10, 2026 6:38 pm - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office was underfunded by $10 million in the latest budget, and that could make it more difficult to fight legal battles against the Trump administration while still fulfilling its law enforcement duties in the state.
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Transcripts detail grand jurors’ doubts about Broadview Six caseJun 10, 2026 11:02 am - Grand jury documents released in a highly unusual move Tuesday show that some of the grand jurors that heard the case against the “Broadview Six“ defendants had doubts about prosecutors’ evidence.
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Republicans hope to reengage Bears with new proposalsJun 09, 2026 8:17 pm - As pressure ramps up on Illinois lawmakers to find a legislative solution to convince the Chicago Bears to stay in Illinois, Republicans are adding proposals to the mix.
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Lawmakers at the end of session try to appease both sides in drug pricing controversyJun 09, 2026 2:22 pm - The federal drug discount program gives nonprofit and public hospitals and clinics steep discounts on prescription drugs. Hospitals and clinics accuse the drug industry of trying to restrict access to the discounts while drug manufacturers say the program is being abused by big hospital systems. Illinois lawmakers passed legislation to ensure hospitals and clinics have access to the discounts but also called for an audit of how the program is being used in Illinois.
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State chooses Will County for new Stateville, Logan prisonsJun 08, 2026 5:50 pm - The Illinois Department of Corrections is officially planning to rebuild its Logan and Stateville correctional centers in Will County, dashing hopes for some downstate that it would rebuild Logan at its current location in Lincoln.
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Cleared ‘Broadview 6’ immigration protesters seek evidence of White House pressure to indictJun 07, 2026 11:32 am - Attorneys for the now-cleared “Broadview Six” defendants are seeking any possible evidence of pressure from White House officials on the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago to secure an indictment against the group of Democratic activists, local elected officials and candidates this past fall.