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MAY 25, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference Wednesday with Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) and House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside). [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The Senate failed to advance the state budget bill Wednesday night throwing lawmakers off track for a Friday adjournment even after the two Democratic caucuses and Gov. JB Pritzker announced a deal on Fiscal Year 2024 spending Wednesday afternoon and the Senate filed a budget bill.
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Lawmakers return to Springfield Wednesday for another try at wrapping up the spring session with a longer list of items on their plate for this week than when they arrived last Tuesday for what many thought would be the final week of session.
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MAY 24, 2023
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Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks at a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday. [State of Illinois]
The number of Catholic priests and clergy members who abused children throughout Illinois is far greater than the Catholic Church previously reported, according to a years-long investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office released Tuesday.
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MAY 23, 2023
Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) speaks on the Senate floor Friday night. [Blue Room Stream]
After Republicans have lined up in their local courtrooms in front of Republican judges and received favorable lower court rulings on controversial cases, Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) is pushing a bill that would limit constitutional challenges to just two county courtrooms.
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MAY 22, 2023
The General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn on Friday.
Illinois lawmakers will use an extra week of session to pass a budget after hangups among lawmakers about how costs for a program for undocumented residents’ health care should be addressed caused lawmakers to miss Friday’s self-imposed deadline.
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MAY 22, 2023
Rep. Lance Yednock (D-Ottawa) speaks on the House floor Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
A bill to end Illinois’ nearly four-decade ban on new nuclear reactor construction advanced to the governor with bipartisan support in both chambers.
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MAY 22, 2023
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Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) speaks on the Senate floor Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
House and Senate Republicans are on opposing sides of a bill that could allow DACA recipients and non-citizens allowed to work in the United States to become police officers.
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MAY 19, 2023
A map shows the latest proposal for the Chicago elected school board. [Senate Democrats]
Chicago residents are once again voicing displeasure about the latest round of maps for the Chicago elected school board, including some members of City Council.
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MAY 19, 2023
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, left, and Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), right, speak in the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday. [Illinois Attorney General’s Office]
Illinois lawmakers are attempting to hold gun manufactures liable for gun violence in Illinois under a law designed to protect consumers from dishonest business practices.
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MAY 19, 2023
The South Suburban Airport is now proposed as a cargo-oriented airport. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The long-proposed Peotone airport, to be known formally as the South Suburban Airport, could take its first serious step forward in many years if Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill that would require the state to seek out developers.
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