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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAR 13, 2026

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    Senate committee approves bill allowing private land use for broadband infrastructure, plug-in solar panels

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    The Illinois Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee approved myriad bills Thursday including a measure that would allow the state to use land for broadband infrastructure and a measure allowing plug-in solar panels. 

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    MAR 12, 2026
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    Senate Labor Committee holds hearing on bill allowing rideshare drivers to unionize

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    The Illinois Senate Labor Committee held a hearing Tuesday on a measure allowing rideshare drivers in Illinois to unionize. 

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    MAR 12, 2026
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    Bill creating new closure requirements for Illinois charter schools, expand authorizer oversight clears Senate committee

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    The Illinois Senate Executive Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would establish new requirements for charter schools that are intended to make school closures easier for teachers, parents and students. 

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    MAR 11, 2026
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    COGFA updates FY27 revenue estimates to $55.5 billion without governor’s proposed tax changes

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    The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability predicts fiscal year 2027 revenues will be about $500 million below what is required to balance Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget proposal.  

    The commission’s FY27 estimates do not yet take into account new taxes or changes to existing taxes that the governor has proposed — such as a tax on social media companies or a change in how table games at casinos are taxed — as they are not yet law.  

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    MAR 11, 2026
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    Senate committee approves measure allowing people in county jails to receive sentence credits

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    The Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow people in county jails awaiting trial to earn sentence credits for completing certain programs. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAR 10, 2026
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    Illinois Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in case challenging state law preventing felons from possessing firearms

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    The Illinois Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday for a case challenging the state’s law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAR 09, 2026
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    House committee holds hearing on Secretary of State, Illinois Liquor Control Commission budgets

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    The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is proposing a more than $840 million budget that Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says will allow them to continue efforts to modernize the department. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAR 06, 2026
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    Senate committee approves bill allowing downstate board of review members to live outside of the county

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    The Illinois Senate Local Government Committee approved a measure Wednesday that would allow board of review members in certain areas to live outside the county. 

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    MAR 06, 2026
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    Raoul, 21 attorneys general sue Trump administration over 10 percent tariff

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    Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 21 attorneys general sued President Donald Trump Thursday challenging the 10 percent tariff instated after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the president’s previous tariffs. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAR 05, 2026
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    Illinois Municipal League pushes for state municipalities to get full cut of income tax, opposes governor’s state zoning overhaul

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    The Illinois Municipal League (IML) is proposing a legislative agenda this spring that would allow non-home rule municipalities to impose their own motor fuel tax — and pushes against some of the governor’s key proposals. 

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