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Endorsement: Boxenbaum in Illinois House Dist. 83Feb 28, 2024 2:45 am - In the Democratic primary race for Illinois House District 83, incumbent Matt Hanson of Montgomery faces a challenge from Arad Boxenbaum of Geneva. Boxenbaum’s experience...
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Pritzker proposes $1.8B in spending growth, backed by tax increases for corporations, sportsbooksFeb 21, 2024 4:56 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday proposed growing state spending by about $1.8 billion in the upcoming fiscal year while making a handful of corporate, sports wagering and other tax changes to pay for the increase.
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Ahead of Pritzker’s budget address, pressures that mounted last year intensifyFeb 20, 2024 7:09 pm - Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget negotiations this year will be the same as it was last year — state spending on ...
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League of Women Voters to host candidate forum for Kane County area races Feb. 20Feb 20, 2024 3:57 pm - The League of Women Voters is hosting a forum for candidates in the March 19 primary election at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Batavia City Hall, 100 N. Island Ave. Acco...
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Candidates forum Feb. 22 for Kane County hopefulsFeb 20, 2024 3:23 pm - The League of Women Voters of the Aurora Area, Central Kane County, and Elgin Area will co-host a hybrid forum at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 for candidates in the March primary el...
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Right to die on your own terms? Illinois lawmakers propose medical aid in dying billFeb 18, 2024 6:00 am - Deb Robertson knows the state legislation she’s fighting for — to allow medical aid in dying — may not be enacted by the time she’s ready to die.
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In last-minute reversal, former Sen. Sam McCann pleads guilty to corruption chargesFeb 15, 2024 6:48 pm - As federal prosecutors were preparing to rest their case Thursday in the corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann, the one-time gubernatorial candidate...
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Capitol Briefs: Tax credits for children, manufacturers among new legislative proposalsFeb 07, 2024 7:26 pm - After failing to pass a child tax credit last year, advocates returned to Springfield Wednesday to propose a scaled back version of the policy which they say would still ...
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Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulingsFeb 01, 2024 8:29 pm - Nearly a year ago, the Illinois Supreme Court asked the General Assembly to clarify a 15-year-old law that’s led to hundreds of lawsuits and several high-dollar settlemen...
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‘It’s time to crack down on this’: Proposed law would ban possession of African serval cats in IllinoisJan 24, 2024 4:56 pm - Measure prompted by an escaped serval cat that roamed a Vernon Hills neighborhood for nearly three hours last November