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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 24, 2026

Illinois Tollway releases capital plan funded by 45 cents tollway increase
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The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority released its $26.6 billion capital infrastructure plan backed by a 45 cents increase in tollways included in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 24, 2026

News in brief: Pritzker on special sessions, Frerichs announces affordable housing investment program, Giannoulias announced $27 million in library grants
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Gov. JB Pritzker expressed an openness to special sessions for the Chicago Bears and education funding this year, Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced a new investment program aimed at building more affordable housing and Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced $27 million in grants for Illinois libraries.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 23, 2026

Illinois looks to grow domestic biofuel industry with state tax incentives
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Two agriculture processing plants in central Illinois will invest more than $250 million to expand and modernize facilities, backed by state tax credits.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 19, 2026

Pritzker signs government efficiency bill, creates disability advocacy agency
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Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law last week that will elevate the state disability rights advocacy commission to the newest state department and bring the Illinois Human Rights Commission under the Department of Human Rights.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 18, 2026

Illinois higher education board looks to increase enrollment, degree completion
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The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) looks to improve public university enrollment and degree completion, including promoting associate degree completion.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 17, 2026

Pritzker signs $55.8 billion fiscal year 2027 budget
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Gov. JB Pritzker signed the largely flat $55.8 billion state budget and the $55.9 billion revenue package for fiscal year 2027 Tuesday.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 17, 2026

Lawmakers approve new DCFS scholarship eligibility requirements
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Illinois lawmakers approved a rule change Tuesday extending eligibility for the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) scholarship program for youth in care.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 16, 2026

Bill seeking to keep plastic pellets out of Illinois waterways awaits governor’s signature
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A measure on the governor’s desk seeks to keep plastic pellets used in manufacturing out of Illinois’ waterways.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 15, 2026

Intoxicating hemp sales to individuals under 21 prohibited in Illinois as governor signs cannabis and hemp omnibus into law
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Sales of intoxicating hemp products are restricted to adults over the age of 21 in Illinois after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a cannabis and hemp omnibus package into law Friday.

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Camryn Cutinello

JUN 15, 2026

Disability, patients’ rights groups sue to overturn Illinois’ medical aid in dying law
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A lawsuit filed in federal court seeks to overturn an Illinois law set to go into effect in September that would allow terminally ill patients to medically end their own lives.

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