SPRINGFIELD — More than 4,000 people visited the Illinois Capitol Wednesday to protest pending abortion-related legislation, just one day after one of the measures cleared a Senate committee.
March 22, 2019
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers on both sides of the aisle passed a budget Thursday that they say is balanced and won’t raise taxes. However, the courts won’t see a funding increase despite requests from the chief justice.
May 31, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — A controversial law enacted last year allowing tax dollars to be used on abortion procedures could imperil votes on this year’s state budget, which lawmakers have until Thursday to approve.
May 30, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — A government agency cannot rely on the new version of Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act to deny requests that were eligible when filed, the state’s high court decided Thursday.
May 29, 2018
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A federal judge has turned back state Sen. Sam McCann’s gambit to get back a share of Republican party resources he claims have been wrongfully diverted.
May 21, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate voted Wednesday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill 193, which would create a “Worker Protection Unit” within the Attorney General’s office to prosecute cases in which the Prevailing Wage, Minimum Wage and Day and Temporary Labor Acts are violated, among others.
May 18, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — An attorney involved in a federal class-action lawsuit against Aurora volleyball coach Rick Butler outlined new rules he said will stymie the “epidemic” of sexual assault instances in youth sports.
May 16, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — House Bill 40, which allows tax dollars to be used on abortions, re-emerged this week as a sticking point in the state’s gubernatorial race.
May 11, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — To approve new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied due to gender, state representatives need to wrangle conservative votes — and they are calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner for help.
May 10, 2018
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SPRINGFIELD — Republicans have claimed that state Sen. Sam McCann, who launched a third-party bid for governor this month, is “being used” by Democrats, setting him up to split GOP votes in November. As punishment, the caucus withheld his access to taxpayer-funded staff resources.
May 2, 2018
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