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JUL 31, 2023
From left to right, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, rapper Meek Mill, Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon Booth (D-Peoria), Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, and Gov. JB Pritzker celebrate at a bill signing event in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Friday. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook]
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday that will change how Illinois monitors people on mandatory supervised release in an effort to send fewer people back to prison for a second time.
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JUL 28, 2023
Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks at a news conference at Planned Parenthood’s office in Chicago on Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The most controversial law of the spring session was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday, which gives the Attorney General’s Office additional power to go after “crisis pregnancy centers” that share “disinformation” or use deceptive business practices.
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JUL 28, 2023
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Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) missed all but one day of the spring legislative session. [Illinois Senate Democrats]
Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) announced Wednesday she will resign from the Illinois Senate on Tuesday after she didn’t participate in the spring session.
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JUL 27, 2023
The audit covered an 18-month period following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The confusion around unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic that smacked the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) came with a billion-dollar price tag, an audit released Wednesday found.
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs the HOME Illinois program into law Wednesday at a South Side resource center. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook]
A new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday aims to boost the state’s efforts to reduce homelessness with a goal of nearly eradicating it.
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JUL 26, 2023
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From left to right, Gov. JB Pritzker, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sign a labor peace agreement Tuesday for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Democratic leaders announced a pair of major union contracts had been agreed to Tuesday, averting labor drama in Illinois and Chicago over the next year ahead of the city’s hosting of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
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JUL 25, 2023
U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) speaks at a news conference in Chicago Friday. [Illinois Latino Agenda/Facebook]
U.S. Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia (D-Ill.) is using his influence in a 2024 race already as he calls on Cook County Democrats to slate a Latino judge to run for a state Supreme Court seat in the county.
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JUL 24, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at Lion Electric’s new manufacturing facility in Joliet Friday. [Office of the Governor]
Lion Electric opened a new manufacturing facility in Joliet on Friday two years after Gov. JB Pritzker pitched state tax credits to attract the Canadian manufacturing company to Illinois. The opening comes a day after Pritzker returned from pitching businesses overseas.
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JUL 21, 2023
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Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) leads the House Personnel and Pensions Committee in Chicago on Wednesday. [Blue Room Stream]
Members of the House Personnel and Pensions Committee held their first public hearing on a proposal to make significant changes to Illinois’ pension laws.
