By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] While Illinois’ dual emergence of periodical cicada broods is harmless to people and animals, young trees may sustain…
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By ALEX ABBEDUTO, COLE LONGCOR & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A bill eliminating the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities failed to pass…
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By ANDREW ADAMS JERRY NOWICKI & HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed the state’s $53.1 billion spending…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law…
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By BETH HUNDSDORFER & MOLLY PARKER CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS [email protected] This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. It…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – In order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal cliff facing the state in…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge is weighing whether to block a new state law that bans the long-practiced tradition…
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by Laura Stewart, Illinois Answers Project This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. Editor’s note: This is the second story examining government…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office filed suit…
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By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday once again reduced a request to increase customer rates from…
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