Springfield News
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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a Wonder Lake man accused of repeatedly touching a 9-year-old girl’s vagina when he babysat her could not avoid a retrial after a jury deadlocked — even though he had claimed it was double jeopardy and an appellate court agreed.
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Lawmakers peppered the state agency that administers violence-prevention grants to community organizations with tough questions after 24 people were shot, three fatally, on one of the first warm weekends of the summer.
State Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) urged the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to step up violence prevention efforts before summer starts. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line; submitted]
Many worry the uptick in violence signals a bloody summer to come that officials are unprepared to address.
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As Mayor Rahm Emanuel pointed out Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker has been in office for nearly 100 days.
But Pritzker’s campaign committee kept on spending during the first quarter of 2019, according to the most recent report filed by JB for Governor with state officials.
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APR 17, 2019
The American Conservative Union Foundation on Tuesday rated the General Assembly’s as being much less conservative in 2018 as compared with 2017, according to the group’s annual scorecard out this week, while the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America backed two bills designed to expand access to abortion.
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Fresh off weeks of consistent action in Springfield — most of which has been colored by the debate over a proposed graduated income tax — a bipartisan foursome of lawmakers took the issue to the City Club of Chicago Monday amid the continuing dispute over whether such a constitutional change would chase the wealthiest taxpayers out of Illinois.
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Members of the Senate Black Caucus are fighting a bill that would force private firms to pay their workers the prevailing wage in an area — a move the business community claims is tantamount to “forced unionization” — at least until trade unions can promise meaningful inclusion of minority workers in their ranks.
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Six of the 10 marquee bills the House Progressive Caucus announced it would push during the spring legislative session have passed the House as of Thursday — several by wide margins — and will advance to the Senate.
Members of the Progressive Caucus unveiled a list of 10 bills they plan to focus on. [Twitter/@Delia4StateRep]
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Democrats on Tuesday introduced language for their proposed constitutional amendment for a graduated income tax, which will be heard in Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday and read into the record on the floor ready for action.
Gov. JB Pritzker address reporters about his proposal for a graduated income tax. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
Lawmakers are set to go on a two-week spring break next week.
