Lawmakers move to pause – then further regulate – carbon dioxide pipeline development
Lawmakers passed a measure to put a moratorium on carbon dioxide pipelines after more than a year of controversy over ...
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UPDATED: Optional all-gender bathrooms bill will head to governor
The Illinois Senate on Thursday passed an amended version of a bill that would allow businesses and public institutions to ...
Expected cost for Illinois’ noncitizen health care program grows to $1.1 billion
The estimated cost for Illinois to continue providing health care coverage to noncitizens who are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid benefits ...
Pritzker: ‘Devil’s in the details’ when considering lifting ban on new nuclear
Among the bills to successfully move to the other chamber are a measure to lift the state’s 1987 moratorium on ...
Illinois Democrats’ public safety approach centers on funding infusion
In the run-up to the early-morning April 9 adjournment of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a spate of ...
ANALYSIS: Late-night legislating not unusual in Illinois, but process can be messy
Illinois lawmakers approved a $46 billion budget after an all-night session, with debates over transparency and process.
Lawmakers wrap up session with early-morning passage of $46.5 billion budget
Illinois lawmakers worked until the early hours of Saturday to pass a $46.5 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal ...
UPDATED: Lawmakers direct $2.7 billion in federal funds toward $4.5 billion unemployment deficit
Illinois lawmakers this week advanced a measure to allocate $2.7 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay ...
Governor, AG address expressway shootings, organized retail crime
Two of the state’s top officials each held news conferences Monday morning to outline current and proposed responses to increasing ...
GOP reintroduces crime reduction package; Pritzker touts public safety spending
Senate Republicans unveiled an updated package of crime bills this week that they say will help curb violent crime and ...
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