Springfield News
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FEB 05, 2018
Tuesday and Wednesday are likely to be bruisers for those in the statehouse. Resuming the second week of the 2018 session, the capital will see more than 20 committee and agency meetings on those two days alone. While we’ve prepared a comprehensive run-down of the debates and bills scheduled for the coming week, we caution readers that--like all matters involving Springfield--the following calendar is subject to change.
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Legislators gathered for more than two hours Tuesday to hear testimony on a major shakeup to the state’s hospital assessment system. Illinois Hospital Association CEO AJ Wilhelmi sought to calm safety net hospital officials worried that a proposed new formula to calculate Medicaid payments would dent their bottom lines or ultimately lead to closure.
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JAN 31, 2018
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JAN 30, 2018
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JAN 23, 2018
A five-committee panel of state lawmakers met in Chicago Monday to hear further testimony on the full legalization, taxation and regulation of cannabis in the state. The focus on the joint subject matter hearing were SB316, sponsored by Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and HB2353, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). Monday’s was the fourth meeting arranged on the topic by the two.
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JAN 22, 2018
Monday, Jan. 22 - Five-committee joint hearing on cannabis
9:00 a.m. - Chicago - Sen. and Illinois Attorney General candidate Kwame Raoul will join officials from the Chicago Teachers Union for an announcement in the West Loop tomorrow at the CTU Headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Ave. No further details are available at this time.
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JAN 11, 2018
Two years into its investigation of Peoples Gas, the Illinois Commerce Commission has taken a hotly contested vote to green light a controversial pipeline project. Yesterday, news broke that downstate fire and police pensions are so underfunded they might be able to start intercepting city-bound state grants. Meanwhile, the newly-formed Sexual Harassment & Discrimination Task Force is slated for its inaugural meeting today in Chicago. Here's Illinois' morning in brief...
