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

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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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    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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