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    JUN 25, 2025
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    Pritzker expected to launch third term campaign Thursday

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    Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to officially launch his campaign for a third term Thursday. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 25, 2025
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    New taxes, laws to go into effect July 1

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    The beginning of July marks a new fiscal year in Illinois, with new taxes and some new laws going into effect. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 24, 2025
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    Raoul, Democratic AGs testify on federal lawsuits at informal Congressional hearing

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    Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul testifies to Congressional members Monday. [House Committee on the Judiciary] 

    Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined Democratic members of Congress and fellow attorneys general for an informal hearing Monday on legal challenges to the Trump administration. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 24, 2025
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    Pritzker signs Prison Review Board reform bill

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    In 2024, the Illinois Prison Review Board voted to release Crosetti Brand, who was serving time on domestic battery charges. A day after release, he stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed her son, 11-year-old Jayden Perkins. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 23, 2025
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    Two lawsuits challenge if Illinois General Assembly properly passed bills 

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    Illinois Republican lawmakers are alleging legislative leaders are skirting constitutional requirements to pass bills. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 20, 2025
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    Illinois Attorney General says state, local environmental justice policies still legal despite federal action targeting them

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    Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued guidance for organizations engaging in environmental justice work in the face of executive orders seeking to end federal environmental justice action. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 19, 2025
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    Illinois GOP lawmakers, business groups call on Pritzker to veto general jurisdiction bill

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    In the waning hours of the legislative session, the Illinois General Assembly passed a measure expanding the state’s jurisdiction for certain lawsuits against businesses. Illinois Republicans and business organizations are asking Gov. JB Pritzker to veto it. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 18, 2025
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    Illinois DCFS prepares for the KIND Act to go into effect this summer

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    The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules meets Tuesday in Chicago. [BlueRoomStream]

    The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is one step closer to implementing the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, creating a certification process for relative caregivers to receive full financial support.   

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 17, 2025
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    Pritzker signs $55.2 billion state budget, says his name was not on alleged Minnesota shooters list of Midwest officials

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    Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Fiscal Year 2026 budget Monday in Chicago. [Camryn Cutinello/The Daily Line]

    With 14 days to spare, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the $55.2 billion state budget Monday morning.

    The Fiscal Year 2026 budget will officially go into effect July 1, backed by new taxes on nicotine products, gambling and out-of-state corporations. The spending plan is the largest in state history, but Pritzker praised it as balanced and said it represented necessary investments in Illinois.

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JUN 16, 2025

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    RTA plans for uncertain future after General Assembly fails to pass transit reform, revenue package

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    As Chicago-area transit agencies enter an uncertain budget year, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is preparing for potential service cuts. 

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