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House panel opens hearings on Pritzker’s health insurance reforms
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov.…
Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers push bills addressing water quality, free school meals
By COLE LONGCOR ALEX ABBEDUTO & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Lake Michigan is Illinois’ largest drinking…
With recession fears subsiding, new state economic forecast expects ‘firm but steady growth’
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The state’s two main fiscal forecasting agencies agree: Illinois’ finances will…
Capitol Briefs: Chicago school board, student teacher pay, local food measures all advance in Springfield
By PETER HANCOCK & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – By 2026, Chicago will have a fully elected…
With feds citing ‘extensive cooperation,’ judge gives ex-Sen. Terry Link 3 years’ probation
By HANNAH MEISEL & DILPREET RAJU [email protected] CHICAGO – On an August day in 2019, then-Democratic state Sen. Terry Link…
Capitol Briefs: Chicago school board, student teacher pay, local food measures all advance in Springfield
By PETER HANCOCK & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – By 2026, Chicago will have a fully elected…
Unions back measure protecting employees who skip religious or political work meetings
By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Wednesday advanced a measure that…
State commission says Illinois underfunds public universities by $1.4 billion
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A state commission created in 2021 has issued a new report calculating that…
With feds citing ‘extensive cooperation,’ judge gives ex-Sen. Terry Link 3 years’ probation
By HANNAH MEISEL & DILPREET RAJU [email protected] CHICAGO – On an August day in 2019, then-Democratic state Sen. Terry Link…
Former Gov. Pat Quinn backs GOP-sponsored ethics amendment
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A Republican proposal that would give citizens the ability to propose…
Judges, ex-lawmakers, lobbyists wrote to support convicted ex-Madigan aide
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] After Tim Mapes’ August conviction on charges of perjury and attempted obstruction of…
Funeral home director subject to ‘scary, filthy freak show’ complaint surrenders license
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Centralia funeral home director who was subject to a complaint that his…