Springfield News
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JUN 06, 2018
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JUN 06, 2018
Ad-buys hit - Bunker Hill Democratic Sen. Andy Manar launched a television campaign this week with a series of ad-buys in Senate District 48 totalling $55,616. The spots will run until the end of July, with the purchase coming just as the senator reported $95,300 in contributions from the Illinois Democratic Heartland Committee, according to reports filed with Illinois State Board of Elections.
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Thanking state lawmakers of both parties for a cooperative process this year, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the state’s $38.5 billion annual budget Monday in Chicago.
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JUN 05, 2018
9 a.m. - Bolingbrook - The Health Facilities & Services Review Board will hold its day-long monthly meeting at the Bolingbrook Golf Club on 2001 Rodeo Drive until 4 p.m. The panel will consider 12 proposed projects, among them at least seven dialysis and kidney-care centers. [Agenda]
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JUN 04, 2018
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JUN 04, 2018
Gun Shop 2.0 - A Wednesday release from Senate Democrats celebrated the passage of the resurrected and reworked Gun Dealer Licensing Bill, SB337, from Oak Park Democratic Sen. Don Harmon. But on Thursday, Senate President John Cullerton filed a motion to reconsider the 35-20 vote for concurrence. The motion leaves the bill still technically parked in the Senate, temporarily on hold. It also stops the clock on the 60-day window of time during which the governor is normally required to act.
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JUN 01, 2018
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JUN 01, 2018
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MAY 31, 2018
Some 46 years since its first appearance before the General Assembly, Illinois has become the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Following the House’s passage of the measure Wednesday, the country is now one state away from guaranteeing equal rights for all women.
