Articles filed under Illinois
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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 ...
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Cupich urges Raoul's office to provide more info on abusersMay 25, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich urged the Illinois attorney general on Thursday to provide information about newly uncovered cases of clergy sexual abuse that were include...
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Bill would limit constitutional lawsuits to Cook, Sangamon countiesMay 25, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democrats who control the General Assembly muscled through a last-minute measure that will require any constitutional challenge to state laws to be filed i...
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Pritzker, Democratic leaders announce 'good' budget dealMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - Five days after blowing a self-imposed deadline to pass a state budget, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly on Wednesday announced they hav...
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Raoul report: Far more Catholic clergy sexually abused Illinois kids than dioceses acknowledgedMay 23, 2023 1:00 am - A multiyear investigation into child sexual abuse by members of Illinois' Catholic clergy found 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers abused nearly 2,000 children ...
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Four years in, Rebuild Illinois has been a success - but more can be doneMay 21, 2023 1:00 am - Next month marks the fourth anniversary of the historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois law. This multibillion-dollar infrastructure improvement plan addressed years of neg...
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'100 Things to Do in Illinois Before You Die' offers a bucket list for the Prairie StateMay 20, 2023 6:00 am - It's a five-hour drive from the Volo Auto Museum to the Cahokia Mounds. But it's all part of the same journey. Award-winning author Melanie Holmes, who hails from the so...
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Bill to redesign Illinois' state flag awaits governor's signatureMay 20, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois' state flag could be headed for a makeover. A bill that would form a commission to determine whether the flag should be redesigned and potentially pick a new de...
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As session end nears, state legislators consider range of environmental billsMay 18, 2023 5:00 am - As Illinois' spring legislative session comes to a close this week, representatives are busy moving bills to meet Friday's scheduled adjournment - among them an array of...