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Pritzker proposes over $2B in spending growth, backed by tax increases for corporations, sportsbooks
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Editor’s note: This story will be updated with more information on the budget…
Pritzker proposes $1.8B in spending growth, backed by tax increases for corporations, sportsbooks
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Editor’s note: This story will be updated with more information on the budget…
Pritzker to call for health insurance reforms in State of the State address
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker plans to take on the state’s health insurance…
Transmission line monopoly back on agenda at Statehouse after Pritzker’s veto
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A controversial proposal that would grant electric utilities more control over the construction…
Ahead of Pritzker’s budget address, pressures that mounted last year intensify
BY JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget…
Pritzker to mull tightening fiscal landscape in budget address this week
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker will give his sixth state budget address this week, laying…
Capitol Brief: Lawyers hope for Illinois Supreme Court answer to Trump ballot question
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO — Lawyers representing Donald Trump and five Illinois voters hoping to see…
Judge denies McCann’s request for home confinement, orders him held in custody
By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – After suddenly pleading guilty as his federal corruption trial was wrapping up this…
With influx of state and federal funding, Illinois looks to add enough chargers to support 1 million EVs
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois’ electric vehicle charging infrastructure is on pace to double this year, buoyed…
Pritzker commits another $182 million to migrant response, details to come next week
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – The state and Cook County announced Thursday a roughly $250 million…
In last-minute reversal, former Sen. Sam McCann pleads guilty to corruption charges
By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] This is a breaking news story and will be updated. As federal prosecutors were preparing…
Customers pay for utilities’ lawyers and corporate donations. Advocates want to change that.
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinoisans pay tens of millions of dollars each year to utilities to cover…