Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, prostitution pass in session’s final days

January 10, 2025 / Comments Off on Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, prostitution pass in session’s final days

Capitol News Illinois Lawmakers in Springfield approved a measure that aims to protect warehouse workers whose workdays center on hitting quotas. House Bill 2547 states…

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“All our future money is gone”: The impossible task of providing child care in rural Illinois

January 10, 2025 / Comments Off on “All our future money is gone”: The impossible task of providing child care in rural Illinois

Capitol News Illinois Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear. And, as one…

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Lawmakers give small boost to renewable developments, delay broader reform

January 9, 2025 / Comments Off on Lawmakers give small boost to renewable developments, delay broader reform

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers this week passed a bill aimed at boosting the development of renewable energy generation, but its proponents said the…

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Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly

January 9, 2025 / Comments Off on Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Nearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most people now concede was illegal,…

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Jurors to hear tape of Madigan saying ComEd contractors ‘made out like bandits’

January 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Jurors to hear tape of Madigan saying ComEd contractors ‘made out like bandits’

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Throughout his five-decade career in politics, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received hundreds of requests for job recommendations from…

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New General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones

January 8, 2025 / Comments Off on New General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones

Capitol News Illinois A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking…

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Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’

January 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Over the last 2 ½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the…

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Lawmakers advance ‘Karina’s bill’ to remove guns from domestic violence situations

January 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Lawmakers advance ‘Karina’s bill’ to remove guns from domestic violence situations

Capitol News Illinois It’s been 18 months since Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend at…

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Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting

January 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois…

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Breaking: Madigan to take witness stand in his corruption trial

January 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Breaking: Madigan to take witness stand in his corruption trial

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial – an unexpected revelation that…

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