Springfield News
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MAR 17, 2023
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MAR 17, 2023
House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) speaks at a news conference in Springfield Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
A pair of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing fentanyl exposure are moving their way through the House as lawmakers stress the need to take action amid growing drug overdoses linked to fentanyl.
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MAR 16, 2023
Dr. Anja Brandon from the U.S. Plastics Policy at the Ocean Conservatory, left, and Andrea Densham from the Alliance for the Great Lakes, right, speak at a news conference Wednesday. [Alliance for the Great Lakes/Zoom]
Environmental advocates are raising objections to a proposal to extend the deadline for a pilot project to build a pyrolysis or gasification facility in the south suburbs.
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MAR 15, 2023
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Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe holds a copy of the SAFE-T Act as he argues in front of the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. [Blue Room Stream]
The fate of Illinois’ proposed elimination of cash bail is now in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court after state’s attorneys and the Attorney General’s Office squared off in front of the Democrat-controlled court.
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MAR 14, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker signs paid leave into law at a news conference in Chicago Monday. [Blue Room Stream]
Illinois workers in the public and private sector at employers of all sizes will be guaranteed five days of paid time off for any reason beginning in 2024 under a law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Monday.
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MAR 13, 2023
Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) speaks at a news conference in Springfield Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
As U.S. Attorney John Lausch stepped away from his post Saturday and the “ComEd Four” stand trial in Chicago Tuesday, House Republicans made their annual pitch for ethics reform in state government.
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MAR 10, 2023
Comptroller Susana Mendoza, right, and Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea), left, speak to the House Personnel and Pensions Committee Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The House Personnel and Pensions Committee unanimously passed a bill championed by Comptroller Susana Mendoza that will allow Chicago police officers and firefighters, including her brother, disabled by COVID-19 to receive full disability benefits.
