Springfield News
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Pictured: Hemp plants. [Stephen Ward, Oregon State University / CC BY-SA 2.0]
Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield Tuesday for a Spring session overshadowed by a looming budget deficit and a new president in the White House.
In the mix of it all, they still have pressing issues to address. One of those is hemp regulations, which did not pass during the lame-duck session in early January.
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A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. The decision came in a case filed by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and three other states.
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Gov. JB Pritzker announces the LFPA recipients at the Midwest Food Bank in March [Illinois Department of Agriculture]
A program which provides funding for Illinois food banks to purchase fresh goods from local farmers has received a $14.7 million boost from the United States' Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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