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JUN 13, 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee Thursday in Washington, D.C. [CSPAN]
Gov. JB Pritzker testified Thursday at a seven-hour long hearing of the U.S. House Oversight Committee on sanctuary state policies that featured arguments between committee members, discussions of a U.S. senator being removed from a press conference in California and many off-topic questions.
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JUN 13, 2025
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at a press conference Thursday. [Illinois.gov]
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says Texas law enforcement illegally accessed automatic license plate reader data in Mount Prospect to locate a woman who had an abortion and announced new measures intended to prevent future incidents.
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JUN 12, 2025
The Illinois State Board of Education has launched a wellness conference, trained staff on a state literacy plan and expanded internal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) resources as part of a strategic plan to improve Illinois’ public schools.
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JUN 11, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois’ assault weapons ban in January 2023. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 15 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over a plan to return confiscated forced reset triggers and allow them to be sold again.
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JUN 11, 2025
Republican lawmakers say they’re thankful bills they opposed like medical aid in dying, transit reform and homeschool reform did not pass in the spring session but say they will remain “vigilant” as they expect measures to return in the fall veto and 2026 spring session.
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JUN 10, 2025
Stefan Kühn, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
As summer rate hikes go into effect across the state, Illinois lawmakers again punted on an energy omnibus intended to address rising energy rates and Illinois’ climate goals.
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JUN 09, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker will consider measures to create a direct admissions program for Illinois students to attend state universities and codify protections for students regardless of citizenship status.
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JUN 06, 2025
As Gov. JB Pritzker prepares to testify before Congress next week, he called federal immigration actions in Chicago Wednesday “inappropriate.”
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JUN 05, 2025
Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago) presents a transit reform and funding package on the Senate floor May 31. [Camryn Cutinello/The Daily Line]
The chair of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee said he remains committed to passing transit reform and funding as soon as possible.
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JUN 04, 2025
The Illinois General Assembly passed a measure intended to improve behavioral healthcare in the state, as well as a scaled down version of the annual Medicaid omnibus bill.
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