Governor JB Pritzker said Friday he’s proposing decoupling the state from federal CARES Act business tax credits and new state programs to help spur job creation and investment.
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African American lawmakers are praising a legislative package to reform policing in the state while police unions and some Republicans are critical of the bill, calling the battle to defeat the legislation “a fight to save law enforcement .”
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A Chicago public radio station posted a story earlier this week indicating a large list of Republicans who were seemingly positioned to run for Governor.
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Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Oakland) could have had a better third day on the job.
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Governor JB Pritzker’s office says it filed an emergency rule with the state to extend the state’s mask mandate until June 3.
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If Michael Madigan isn’t re-elected as Speaker of the House, the chances are growing that Illinois will have its first female Speaker.
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Multiple House Democrats tell The Illinoize State Representative Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) is expected to announce her candidacy for Speaker of the House as early as Wednesday.
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As three high profile downstate Senate seats have come open in recent days, some public jockeying for the seats is underway.
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Roughly 9 months after the pandemic hit, many schools around the state remain closed to in-person learning. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a former GOP candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, as well as a 2019 candidate for Chicago Mayor, says schools should have been open already.
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The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs reported a 36th resident at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home has died in a COVID-19 outbreak that has ravaged the facility and its residents since November.
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House Republicans are warning of a secret Democratic plan to raise income taxes during a lame duck session beginning Friday, but leading Democrats say there is no tax increase in the cards next week.
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One of the most prominent downstate Democratic legislators is resigning to join the administration of Governor JB Pritzker.
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GOP Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is resigning his seat at the end of the day Thursday.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan’s Chief of Staff has informed members they will be returning to Springfield for a lame duck session January 8th.
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Incoming Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) is shaking up Senate Republican staff with a longtime Senate GOP fixture.
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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the calm, bilingual, scientific force behind the state’s COVID-19 response, has been named the first Illinoisan of the Year by The Illinoize.
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A downstate lawmaker says Governor Pritzker has the authority to expand the University of Illinois-developed rapid saliva test for COVID-19, but the administration has yet to make the test more widely available.
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One could argue Champaign County is doing everything right during the COVID-19 era. And at least two lawmakers from the Champaign-Urbana area say the state should be rewarding businesses and restaurants with decreased mitigations.
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“The Governor is not limited to one disaster declaration.”
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Social service agencies from around the state are asking Governor JB Pritzker not to include cuts to human services in his proposed list of state budget spending reductions.
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