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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 12, 2026
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    JCAR holds hearing on new proposed rules for prison mail scanning program

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    The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) heard an update Friday on an Illinois Department of Corrections program intended to stop illicit substances from being smuggled in on inmates’ mail. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 09, 2026
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    Pritzker signs energy omnibus bill that lifts nuclear moratorium, expands battery storage programs

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    Gov. JB Pritzker signed an energy omnibus Thursday that aims to increase Illinois’ energy supply and lower rates.  

    The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act aims to grow Illinois’ electricity supply by adding new generation and increasing the use of battery storage, while also decreasing demand through efficiency programs 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 09, 2026
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    Republican gubernatorial primary narrowed to four after Severino removed by state election board

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    The Republican primary for governor was narrowed to four candidates after businessman Joseph Severino was removed from the ballot by the Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 08, 2026
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    Illinois election board removes 11 candidates from primary ballot

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    The Illinois State Board of Elections removed 11 candidates from the ballot Wednesday, removing primary challengers for two congresspeople and six members of the General Assembly. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 07, 2026
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    Illinois budget expected to be balanced as revenues grow by $1.2B in first half of fiscal year

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    Gov. JB Pritzker gives his 2025 budget proposal Feb. 19, 2025. [BlueRoomStream]

    Revenues in the first six months of Fiscal Year 2026 are up by $1.2 billion from the previous fiscal year as improved Personal Income and Sales Taxes help offset other underperforming revenue streams. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 06, 2026
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    State Supreme Court to weigh on what counts as ‘hours worked’ under Illinois Minimum Wage Law

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    The Illinois Supreme Court will weigh in on whether Illinois employees should be paid for time spent getting COVID-19 screenings in an ongoing lawsuit between Amazon and two of its former employees. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 05, 2026
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    Croke raises $450,000, Villa more than $150,000 in Democratic comptroller primary

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    Democratic candidates for Illinois’ open comptroller seat raised more than $750,000 in donations over $1,000 in the fourth quarter, with State Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago) raising just under half a million. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    JAN 02, 2026
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    Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner raises more than $1.5M in large donations in fourth quarter

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    Suburban businessman Rick Heidner raised more than $1.5 million from large donations in the fourth quarter, including a $1 million donation to his own campaign. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    DEC 31, 2025
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    DOJ sues Illinois over new laws allowing civil action against federal immigration officers, prohibiting civil immigration arrests in courthouses

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit last week challenging two new Illinois laws creating a right of private action against federal immigration officers and banning civil immigration arrests in state courthouses. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    DEC 30, 2025
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    New laws going into effect Jan. 1 eliminate hotel’s single-use plastic bottles, require leave for NICU parents

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    Illinois hotels will eliminate small single-use plastic bottles, employers must give time off to parents with kids in the Neonatal Incentive Care Unit (NICU) and libraries will begin carrying opioid overdose reversal medication under new state laws going into effect Jan. 1. 

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