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Negotiators working on a bill to increase Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour finalized an agreement Tuesday for specifics set to be presented in Senate Executive Committee Wednesday afternoon.
The Illinois Farm Bureau is warning lawmakers that farmers, who have already been hit hard by tariffs on commodities like pork, won't be able to absorb the cost of an increased minimum wage like traditional businesses. [Wikimedia Commons]
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Illinois’ Property Tax Appeals Board has had a much lighter caseload in recent years, according to a new report out last week indicating the body has considered hundreds fewer cases over the last several years — and as a result, the board is responsible for far less loss in assessed property values.
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Approximately $10 million in state money paid tuition for students to attend for-profit colleges last year via Illinois’ Monetary Award Program grants, according to a report filed Friday from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel put pressure on lawmakers aand Gov. JB Pritzker Sunday to support a bill that would ban the sale of tobacco products to those younger 21. Meanwhile, opposition to a minimum wage hike is mobilizing as a bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage promises to move quickly this week through the Senate.
[Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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The Chicago-based Center for Racial and Gender Equality gave lawmakers overall a “D” grade as part of its Racial Justice Scorecard for the 100th General Assembly, but highlighted several new laws that the group said advanced the push for equality.
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Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration direct the state’s Department of Public Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to spend all of the money — $1.2 million — earmarked for for HIV prevention.
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Gov. JB Pritzker announced another round of appointments to his administration Thursday, bringing the group of publicized early picks to 33.
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters in his ceremonial Springfield office on Jan. 14 — his first full day as governor. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Attorneys for House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) asked a federal judge on Thursday to keep the photographs taken during an inspection of Madigan’s political offices earlier this week sealed from public view.
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) speaks with reporters on May 30, 2014. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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The Sexual Harassment Task Force launched in the wake of sexual harassment allegations in the Capitol at the beginning of the #MeToo movement issued its final report Wednesday after more than a year’s worth of work.
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While the call for a $15 minimum wage has been echoing in Springfield — and across the country — for several years, Democrats are confident that a bill to raise the wage in Illinois finally has the right political conditions to become reality.
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