Springfield News
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MAR 20, 2018
The Daily Line will be providing ongoing live coverage of races throughout the day, in both Springfield and Chicago. To for a trackside seat, follow Chicago political reporting from A.D. Quig, via @ad_quig on Twitter. To tune into statehouse races, you can follow your humble Capitol editor @RaeHodge on Twitter.
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MAR 19, 2018
Walk-in candidates--those unchallenged in either primary or general election--are set to stroll through Tuesday to take 58 of the Illinois General Assembly’s 177 seats in the 2018 elections. Candidates who walk into office, rather than run for it, account for a third of seats, more than any other type of candidate in the state's legislative races.
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MAR 14, 2018
Revealing a trio of bills aimed at the Legionella outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home, a bipartisan group of state senators hosted a fiery press conference Tuesday in the Illinois Capitol. Democratic and GOP lawmakers criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner for his administration's handling of the outbreaks, and offered legislation aimed to tighten disease testing and reporting controls at all state veterans homes.
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MAR 13, 2018
Quincy Bill in Senate VA Committee; Higher Education Board meets to hash out governor's budget; Public Health bill tackles long-term care backlog; Immigrant tenants' rights in Judiciary
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MAR 13, 2018
Morning Briefs: Rauner still cloudy on Gun Dealer Licensing, signs onto Hospital Assessment Program
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On Wednesday, the House Human Services Committee cleared two bills aimed at tackling Illinois’ opioid crisis.
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MAR 07, 2018
Four subject matter hearings are scheduled for the day, beginning with teacher shortages and ending with German energy policy. The main event is likely to be the House Human Service Committee’s attempt to update opioid overdose reporting. But the growing stack of bills aimed at tackling a culture of sexism in state government, and awaiting hearing in committees, has become impossible to ignore.
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MAR 06, 2018
On Monday, Ford Motors worker Christie Van told a panel of Illinois lawmakers what happened when she brought her sexual harassment complaints to a union representative and two human resource officers at the plant.
“As I left the building that day to end my shift, I was pushed down in a parking lot and stomped on my back,” she said. “I called the harassment hotline so much they knew me by voice.”
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MAR 05, 2018
9:00 a.m. - Chicago - A joint meeting of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will convene in room C600 of the Bilandic Building for a subject matter hearing into the Quincy Veterans Home Legionella outbreak and response.
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Hours after the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to create a gun-dealer licensing system in the wake of the deaths of Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer and 17 high school students in Parkland, Florida, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to the sign the bill immediately.
“All eyes are on the governor,“ Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “It is essential that the governor signs this law and signs it immediately.” Credit: Heather Cherone, The Daily Line
