Articles filed under State Legislature
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Lawmakers pass bills on AI community college instruction, food handling, school bus seat beltsMay 24, 2025 4:00 am - Lawmakers approved measures limiting AI instruction at community colleges, requiring seat belts on school buses, and mandating food handlers receive certain allergen trai...
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‘Vital step’ to ending discrimination: Senate approves bill raising age for senior road examsMay 22, 2025 5:44 pm - Policy also allows family members to report unsafe drivers of any age. Now it’s up to Gov. JB Pritzker who has to sign the bill to make it a law.
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Hoffman Estates legislator Crespo ousted from Democratic caucus, loses committee chairMay 15, 2025 3:26 pm - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch made the extraordinary move of removing suburban state Rep. Fred Crespo as appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session.
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Are we going over the cliff? Lawmakers have just days to save Metra, Pace and CTA from massive cutsMay 11, 2025 9:00 pm - The clock is ticking on a financial fix for the shortfall facing Metra, Pace and the CTA.
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Illinoisans are sick of new taxes; reject payroll taxMay 09, 2025 11:37 am - As new tariffs threaten to push up prices, Illinois’ punishing tax climate already is stretching many residents’ and businesses’ budgets.
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Bill to end senior road tests for 86 and younger, allow reporting of unsafe drivers clears Senate committeeMay 06, 2025 6:54 pm - Members of the Transportation Committee unanimously approved the change.
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Community colleges renew push for four-year degrees, but universities push backApr 29, 2025 7:07 pm - Harper College and other community colleges are lobbying legislators for the right to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the proposal faces opposition from universities who fear duplication of efforts.
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Illinois lawmakers stop in Buffalo Grove to protest federal funding cutsApr 27, 2025 6:50 pm - Democratic state lawmakers gathered Sunday in Buffalo Grove as part of a four-stop bus tour of Chicago and the suburbs to speak out against cuts in federal funding.
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Democratic state senators launch ‘For The People’ bus tour to address federal budget cutsApr 24, 2025 3:38 pm - Buffalo Grove will be one of four stops on a bus tour state Democratic legislators are taking Sunday to raise awareness of federal budget cuts and explain how they are acting to safeguard programs and provide financial relief to working families.
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‘I stared down the barrel of a gun’: Lawmakers focus on transit safety at hearingApr 22, 2025 9:12 pm - CTA workers describe violence on the job, suburban, Chicago lawmakers listen amid transit reform churn.