Springfield News
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Rep. Marcus Evans (D-Chicago) speaks at a news conference in Springfield Tuesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
After Congress failed to pass legislation extending the boosted federal child tax credit last year, a group of Illinois Democrats are taking the idea into their own hands and calling on the General Assembly to pass an annual tax credit in Illinois.
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FEB 08, 2023
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Sen. Robert Peters (D-Chicago) speaks at a news conference in Springfield Tuesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
A day after Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-Arlington Heights) introduced legislation that could make it easier for the Bears to develop Arlington Park, Sen. Robert Peters (D-Chicago) expressed displeasure over how the Bears are pitching lawmakers.
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FEB 08, 2023
The Illinois State Capitol.
A group of six superintendents from around Illinois gave a positive review to a House committee Tuesday as lawmakers reviewed the results of the state’s evidence-based school funding model over five years after it was implemented in 2017.
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FEB 06, 2023
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) speaks at a news conference in Highland Park Friday. [U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider/Facebook]
Saturday marked seven months since the mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. Despite a growing number of legal challenges to Illinois’ new assault weapons ban passed last month, Democrats are taking new steps in an attempt to curtail mass shootings nationwide.
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FEB 03, 2023
Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) announces he is running for mayor last year.
Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) has introduced legislation in Springfield that aims to ensure a qualified educator serves as head of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system as he battles former CPS head Paul Vallas in Chicago’s mayoral race.
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FEB 03, 2023
Former Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) and attorney Tom DeVore campaign in November 2022. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
A White County judge ruled Thursday that over 1,600 plaintiffs, including two state representatives and former Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey, represented by Republican attorney Tom DeVore, should receive a temporary restraining order from Illinois’ new assault weapons ban.
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FEB 02, 2023
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FEB 01, 2023
Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) speaks at a news conference Tuesday with House Republican budget leaders. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
With new budget teams on both sides of the aisle in the House, House Republicans are hoping the changes mean more opportunities for their party to engage in the process and seek reforms to how state budgets are crafted.
