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State Senate votes to repeal abortion notification lawOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate advanced a measure to repeal the state's Parental Notice of Abortion Act early Tuesday evening amid staunch opposition from Republicans...
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Democratic chair concedes politics played a role in congressional redistrictingOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The latest draft of a new congressional district map for Illinois met with much of the same criticism as the first draft during a House committee hearing T...
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Pandemic-related tweaks to Health Care Right of Conscience Act emergeOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An amendment to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act that allows an employer to fire a worker for noncompliance with COVID-19 vaccine or test requiremen...
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Illinois Supreme Court strikes down Cook County gun taxOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Cook County tax on gun purchases is unconstitutional, but it left the door open for a more tailored tax th...
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Lawmakers cancel Thursday sessionOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - This report has been updated to identifiy Terri Bryant as state senator and that four women in the Senate Republican Caucus made clear their opposition to repealing ...
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Federal court throws out June legislative maps, declines to send issue to bipartisan commissionOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - A three-judge federal court panel in Chicago ruled Tuesday that the legislative redistricting plan that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law in June - before official 2020...
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Report: Illinois nursing homes in crisis with staff shortagesOct 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A new report released Wednesday says staffing shortages at nursing homes in Illinois have reached crisis proportions and that people of color are most at r...
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Springfield transportation hub to relieve rail congestionOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - A railway improvement project intended to greatly improve traffic congestion between St. Louis and Chicago reached a milestone Tuesday as work began on a multimodal tran...
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Only one testifies at first congressional redistricting hearingOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - The process of redrawing congressional district maps in Illinois got off to a slow start Thursday when only one person showed up to testify at the first legislative publ...
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New complaints allege new legislative maps dilute Latino voteOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the state's legislative redistricting plan have filed new complaints in federal court charging that the district map...