Illinois General Assembly passes bills aimed at helping mothers
Lawmakers passed bills guaranteeing paid time to pump breast milk and allowing nurse midwives to perform home births.
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State budget talks enter final week amid fears of congressional cuts
Illinois lawmakers are working through final details of the state budget with the goal of approving it by May 31.
High school student helps draft bill to require opioid overdose medications in Illinois libraries
Illinois high school student Jordan Henry is leading efforts to pass a bill requiring public libraries to stock opioid overdose ...
State lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to Medicaid
Democratic state lawmakers pressure GOP colleagues to use their influence with Republican-controlled Congress to help block proposed cuts in federal ...
As Illinois session ends, lawmakers’ attempt to reinstate wetland protections fails
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a major Clean Water Act provision protecting wetlands. Illinois lawmakers attempted to codify protections into ...
Ban on wildlife killing contests ‘unlikely’ to clear state Senate this session
The measure narrowly passed the House amid bipartisan opposition
Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this spring
Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the ...
New caucus aims to reform DCFS through legislation
Sara Feigenholtz said there’s a need to “modernize and improve” the state’s Department of Children and Family Services. The Democratic ...
Lawmaker pushes for ‘non-discriminatory’ textbooks that highlight LGBT contributions
A bill that would require school textbooks purchased with certain state funds to highlight the contributions of LGBT individuals to ...
Democrats unveil bills to rein in prescription drug prices
Democrats in the Illinois House unveiled a package of bills Wednesday they say would help control the spiraling cost of ...
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