Springfield News
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AUG 01, 2018
Lawmakers will take another shot at green lighting a massive expansion of gambling in Illinois, while state workers demanded that officials do more to stop a bed bug infestation at a Chicago facility. Meanwhile, JB Pritzker hits the airwaves with an ad designed to use humor to defuse one of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s most frequent attacks.
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Six of Illinois’ Democratic members of Congress sent Gov. Bruce Rauner a letter Tuesday admonishing him for vetoing a bill that would have halted Illinois’ participation in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck System, a controversial effort aimed at flagging duplicate voter registrations in multiple states.
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Conservative Party gubernatorial candidate State. Sen. Sam McCann will share an endorsement the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 in the race for governor with Democrat JB Pritzker. Meanwhile, Gov. Bruce Rauner gave the state GOP $85,000 and signed a bill that raises funds for police memorial scholarships and protective gear from scratch-off lottery tickets.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday signed HB4278, law that will mandate faster reporting of any disease outbreaks at Illinois veterans facilities, in response to the deaths and illnesses caused by Legionnaires’ outbreaks at the Quincy veterans home during the previous three years.
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The Illinois State Board of Elections said Friday that its partners in the newly created Department of Innovation and Technology are close to hiring nine specialists that will travel the state looking for security gaps in the local county clerks offices that facilitate elections.
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security on Thursday released preliminary unemployment figures showing improvement in some, but not all, metro areas in Illinois, plus a 61,000 increase in jobs around the state in the last year. Meanwhile, the Illinois Racing Board is moving forward with a form of video gambling at racetracks, but it’s unclear whether the board has the authority without the legislature’s approval.
