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A bill signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner orders the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to study the health impacts of planes traveling to and from O’Hare International Airport.
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Seven months after mainstream party candidates filed for the ballot on a cold November day, third-party politicians filed their requisite petition signatures Monday, among them State Sen. Sam McCann, a [former] Republican from downstate Plainview.
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A day after he marched in Chicago’s Pride parade, State Sen. Kwame Raoul hit his opponent Erika Harold on her support for gay and lesbian families. The first debate in the governor’s race has been set, and the Rosemont mayor has a new job.
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Republican State Rep. Chad Hays, of Danville, announced he will resign from the General Assembly on Sept. 7. Attorney General Lisa Madigan trumpeted an award from her fellow state law enforcement officers and Gov. Bruce Rauner extended his feud with the Black Caucus.
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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza won statewide office in November 2016 after defeating Republican Leslie Munger in a high-profile, hard-fought race widely considered a proxy battle between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that will allow states to collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers who do business over the Internet could mean a windfall for the state’s coffers, while the Legislative Green Caucus asks the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to take action against Trump Tower for not reporting its use of river water. A bill designed to protect Chicago Public School students from abuse now has 63 co-sponsors.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner continued Thursday to tout the state budget agreement, touring the Rockford office of Children’s Home and Aid to highlight the state’s new $5,000 tax credit for adoptive parents.
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With approximately 38,000 people in Illinois living with HIV, Gov. Bruce Rauner Wednesday endorsed a plan to stop the transmission of the disease entirely.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans to reduce the backlog of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity complaints, and named a new executive director of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus declared the governor no friend to black residents of Illinois while state lawmakers hammered Chicago Public Schools officials for their handling of sexual abuse complaints from students.
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the two candidates vying to replace her all condemned the Trump administration policy of separating parents seeking asylum in the United States from their children, although Republican nominee Erika Harold followed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s lead and did not criticize the president by name, while Rauner reversed his plan to send Illinois National Guard Troops to the southern border. Meanwhile, Rauner friend-turned-foe Dan Proft’s PAC reported a big contribution from packing goods magnate Dick Uihlein.
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