Springfield News
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Rep. Marcus Evans (D-Chicago), yellow ties, and members of the speaker’s office staff confer over a question of parliamentary rules Friday night. [Blue Room Stream]
The House concluded its deadline week to pass bills on to the Senate abruptly Friday night after a procedural error over debate rules angered Republicans and a growing number of Democrats left session for the night.
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The proposed airport in Peotone would be focused on cargo. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The House passed a bill Tuesday requiring the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to seek interest from potential developers for a third Chicago-area airport to be built in Peotone in a years-long process that has been slow to move forward.
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Participants in the Illinois March for Life rally outside the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists from the national March for Life movement are taking their pitch to eradicate abortion in Illinois directly to state lawmakers.
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Rep. Jen Gong-Gershowitz (D-Glenview) speaks on the House floor Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
The House voted Thursday to approve a bill that will treat rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft the same under state law as other forms of transportation such as taxis and even public transportation providers.