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'Pandemic is over': Legislative panel objects to IDPH emergency ruleOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Tuesday objected to an emergency rule put forth by the Illinois Department of Public Health, with one member declaring, "The pandemi...
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Abortion rights at the forefront of Supreme Court raceOct 16, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court are up for vote on Nov. 8, and the outcomes of those races could flip the state's high court from a Democratic majo...
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Madigan faces new charges as AT&T Illinois agrees to pay $23 million to settle federal probeOct 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The federal case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan widened Friday after new charges were filed against him and his longtime ally, Micha...
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Burke, O'Brien vie for open seat on Supreme Court in race that could determine partisan controlOct 10, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The race for the 3rd District Illinois Supreme Court seat features two experienced jurists in a contest that could determine partisan control of the court ...
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Where Pritzker, Bailey didn't get specific in Thursday's debateOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey generally stuck to their talking points Thursday at their first debate on the same st...
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From libraries to licenses, Brady and Giannoulias on the issuesOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - Secretary of state candidates Alexi Giannoulias, a Chicago Democrat and former state treasurer, and Dan Brady, a Republican state representative from Bloomington, each s...
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Secretary of state hopefuls focus on modernization, differ on feesOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - For the first time since 1998, the secretary of state seat in Illinois will be an open one in the general election. The candidates to fill it are former state treasurer ...
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Illinois takes Equal Rights Amendment to appeals courtSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal ...
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Capitol News Illinois to expand operations with $2 million McCormick Foundation grantSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois will significantly expand its operations as it enters the fifth year of operations in 2023 because of a large grant from the Robert R. McCormick Fo...
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State to reduce $1.8 billion federal unemployment debt by $450 millionSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through an infusion of unemp...