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Anti-book ban bill becomes lawJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books ...
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Link finally admits he wore a wire to secretly record fellow lawmaker in 2018Jun 09, 2023 1:00 am - Former state Sen. Terry Link publicly acknowledged for the first time this week that he'd worn a wire to secretly record a fellow lawmaker in 2019. Link, a Vernon Hills ...
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Pritzker puts final stamp on $50.4 billion state spending planJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday, marking the first spending plan of his second term as governor....
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Springfield or Chicago. New law limits where people can challenge state laws, ordersJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - People who file lawsuits in state courts challenging the constitutionality of a state law, administrative rule or executiv...
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500+ bills await Pritzker decision in next 3 monthsJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly i...
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Pritzker touts new budget's higher education spendingMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday to...
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Cannabis regulatory bill stalls in spring sessionMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A cannabis reform bill won't get further consideration until at least the General Assembly's fall veto session after stakeholders failed to come to an agre...
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Lawmakers vote to give power companies control over new downstate linesMay 30, 2023 1:00 am - By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — In the final hours of their spring session last week, lawmakers approved a controversi...
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State budget approved: What's in it and what opponents objected toMay 28, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House gave its approval to a $50.6 billion spe...
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Legislature approves tighter restrictions on red-light camera industryMay 26, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry's involvement in ...