Lawmakers ease requirements for those seeking to change their name

January 13, 2025 / Comments Off on Lawmakers ease requirements for those seeking to change their name

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — A measure awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature will help protect transgender people and victims of domestic violence who seek to…

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Voting open: Here’s where to cast your ballot for a new state flag

January 10, 2025 / Comments Off on Voting open: Here’s where to cast your ballot for a new state flag

Capitol News Illinois Illinoisans can now vote on whether they want a new state flag. The Illinois Secretary of State’s office officially opened the voting…

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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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