Articles filed under Illinois
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GOP Senate candidates generally support gun rights, oppose new restrictionsFeb 06, 2020 4:30 am - Illinois' Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have similar - but not identical - stances on gun ownership and gun-control legislation. None advocate restricting owners...
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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...
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Lawmakers override veto of aircraft tax breakFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have voted to override a veto by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that protects a tax exemption on aircraft parts. A 54-1 Senate vote Wedn...
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Bill banning red-light cameras passes House committeeFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - A bill that would ban red-light cameras in non-home rule communities was approved unanimously by an Illinois House committee Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Barrington ...
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State to release first $50 million of broadband expansion fundingFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is accepting applications for the first $50 million in disbursements of a $420 million grant program aimed at increasing internet access across t...
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Committee presses for answers on automatic voter registration errorsFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A programming error in Illinois' automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a "wakeup call," the state's top ele...
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Senate deals Pritzker first veto overrideFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker was dealt his first veto override Wednesday when the state Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that retroactively exte...
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Funeral held for ex-Springfield mayor, medical examiner wifeFeb 04, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Funeral services were held Tuesday for a former mayor of Springfield, Illinois and his medical examiner wife who died last week in the crash of ...
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'Major flaws' reported as state shifts former foster children into Medicaid managed careFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state's foster care system within the last year abruptly lost t...
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House bucks governor to OK reinstatement of tax break on aircraft partsFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of legislation restoring and retroactively applying a tax break for aircraf...