After a day of little public progress on a Chicago Bears/megaprojects bill, the path to passage of a bill by Sunday night’s adjournment deadline seem to get even more complicated.
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While Democrats appear to be scrambling to finalize the state budget and the Bears/megaprojects bill before Sunday’s spring adjournment deadline, there’s one group in Springfield who wants major issues to bleed into June: Republicans.
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There are still a pile of moving parts in the negotiations to pass a state budget, but Democratic leaders are confident, publicly and privately, they can “land the plane” before Sunday night.
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While Democrats in control of state government try to reach agreement on the major remaining issues facing lawmakers before Sunday’s scheduled adjournment of the spring legislative session, some frustrations appear to be simmering over.
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Governor JB Pritzker doesn’t appear ready to push any major temporary reduction or repeal of the state’s gasoline tax, instead, likely opting for pausing the state’s 1.3¢ inflation adjustment that is scheduled to kick in July 1.
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Political strategist Collin Corbett, a longtime Republican who made a public break from the GOP last month, formally filed petitions Tuesday to run for Governor as an independent.
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Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) said Tuesday he’ll resign his post at the conclusion of the spring legislative session, about seven months before the end of his term.
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With seven full days remaining before the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn the spring legislative session, some major issues remain unresolved.
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As lawmakers head down the final stretch to their May 31 adjournment deadline, here’s a cheat sheet on some of the major issues still outstanding.
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With less than two weeks remaining before the scheduled adjournment of spring legislative session, we’re finally getting a sense of where the Senate stands on legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois.
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Long simmering tensions between Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson popped up again Monday as Pritzker and the General Assembly face an end-of-session deadline to pass legislation to keep the Chicago Bears in the state of Illinois.
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The Illinois Republican State Central Committee voted to oust state party Chair Kathy Salvi after a nearly two-year run Monday, replacing her with former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan.
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Governor JB Pritzker was taken to a Springfield hospital late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.
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With an added a layer of pessimism about the upcoming fiscal year, simmering tensions between Democratic leaders and progressives could bubble to the surface.
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Even though Democratic frustration with Israel has picked up nationwide, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs says he isn’t changing the state’s investment strategy.
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As Mayors across the state have expressed concern and frustration over Governor JB Pritzker’s “BUILD Illinois” homebuilding and zoning plan as an attack on local zoning rights, the Pritzker administration has poured cold water on an alternative proposal introduced by the Illinois Municipal League.
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Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi will face a three-way race to remain in her current position leading the party.
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Despite stories last year that Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi planned to resign and, we’re told, changed her mind, Salvi is expected to seek a second term as GOP chair next week.
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As House Democrats passed a Chicago Bears “megaprojects” bill on the House floor last month, many bragged about a provision to devote some of the property tax payments to be paid by the Bears to property tax relief around the state.
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Gas prices have spiked across Illinois, ranging from around $4.75 per gallon in southern Illinois to over $5.30 per gallon for regular unleaded in parts of the city of Chicago and suburbs.
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