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  • AUG 11, 2020
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    State rolls out $300M ‘housing stability program’ for renters, homeowners

    Gov. Pritzker speaks at the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago on new state housing assistant program.


    Illinois renters struggling to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic may now apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to help ease the burden, state officials announced Monday.
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  • Robert Chiarito
    AUG 10, 2020
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    Businesses that don’t follow mask rules can face $2,500 fines under new Pritzker proposal

    Calling it a “make or break moment for the state of Illinois,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker introduced a new proposal Friday that would level fines of up to $2,500 for businesses that don’t enforce face covering rules for employees and customers.
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  • The Daily Line Reporting Team
    AUG 07, 2020
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    TDL Springfield Morning Brief: Friday, August 7th



    News in brief: Community Colleges to receive money from state capital plan

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  • Robert Chiarito
    AUG 07, 2020
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    Revamped Clean Energy Jobs Act could be brought to the statehouse floor as soon as November, advocates say

    Attempting to seize on an opportunity afforded to by the bad press Commonwealth Edison has received since being charged with bribery in federal court, advocates in support of the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) introduced a revamped package that they say will move Illinois closer to 100 percent renewable energy.
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  • The Daily Line Reporting Team
    AUG 05, 2020
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    TDL Springfield Morning Briefs: Wednesday, August 4th

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  • Robert Chiarito
    AUG 05, 2020
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    Pritzker announces $40M to build ‘game-changing’ inland port in downstate Cairo

    Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaking at a press conference to announce funding for the construction of a new inland port in Cairo.


    Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday that the state will provide $40 million through the Rebuild Illinois capital plan to build a new inland port in Cairo, saying the project would create jobs and establishing the area as a global shipping hub.
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  • Megann Horstead
    AUG 05, 2020
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    State environmental regulators tout resumption of inspections, new work-from-home guidelines

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    Leaders of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency faced questions from the Illinois Commission on Environmental Justice Tuesday.

    Members of the Illinois Commission on Environmental Justice grilled leaders of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on Tuesday over the agency’s handling of inspections, compliance and enforcement amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • AUG 04, 2020
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    On his podcast, Blagojevich fires back at Madigan over ComEd scheme

    Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich weighed in on the trouble swirling around embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan, saying “everything was a deal with him.”
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  • The Daily Line Reporting Team
    AUG 04, 2020
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    TDL Springfield Morning Briefs: Tuesday, August 4th

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  • Megann Horstead
    AUG 04, 2020
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    Election board implements changes to allow reconsideration of ballots without signatures

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    The mail-in vote process in Illinois was clarified in accordance to a new emergency rule addressing signature requirements. It was adopted Monday by the State Officers Electoral Board.

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