The Senate appears poised to pass a long-discussed energy bill as early as Tuesday, but the legislation may already be dead.
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Governor JB Pritzker has used his Amendatory Veto powers on an ethics bill criticized as “toothless,” but Pritzker isn’t making any significant changes to the legislation.
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A joint House and Senate redistricting committee held its first hearing yesterday on new legislative maps which will likely be voted on Tuesday.
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Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford) and two Republicans are trying to build some bipartisan understanding.
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Illinois Republicans seem to agree they think Governor JB Pritzker shouldn’t be “acting alone” with executive actions, but few of them are clear on whether they support mask or vaccine mandates in any form.
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Teachers unions and business groups support Governor JB Pritzker’s statewide mask mandate and vaccination requirements for some employees.
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Governor JB Pritzker is bringing back a statewide indoor mask order and requiring teachers, school employees, university employees, and health care workers to get vaccinated or face regular COVID-19 testing.
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Former Pritzker adviser and recently departed Chief of Staff to President Biden’s Office of Management and Budget Nikki Budzinski is running for Congress in what is currently the 13th District.
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Governor JB Pritzker says he’s continuing to look at new mitigation options to limit the explosion of COVID-19 cases around the state.
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Increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are causing a crisis for some southern Illinois hospitals to find available ICU beds for seriously ill patients.
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A federal judge left both Republicans and Democrats disappointed Monday with two separate decisions on the lawsuit challenging the Democratic-drawn legislative maps.
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Lawmakers will return to Springfield at the end of the month to make changes to legislative maps passed by Democrats in May.
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The state agency that administers medical licenses recently opened an investigation into a Champaign-area doctor for comments in opposition to a school mask mandate.
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26 school districts around the state are all facing penalties from the Illinois State Board of Education for violating Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate in schools.
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Democratic Appellate Judge Mary K. O'Brien has filed a new political committee indicating her plans to run for Supreme Court in 2022.
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There’s buzz that Rep. Tom Demmer is moving closer to a run for Secretary of State, but his message may be showing an aim for higher office.
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A Menard County man who is founder and CEO of a San Francisco venture capital firm says he is considering running for Governor.
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A former Cook County Republican leader who serves on the Illinois GOP’s State Central Committee now lives in Indiana.
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A top environmental advocate says she’s still optimistic a deal can be reached on an energy bill that funds wind and solar projects and forces the closure of coal-fired power plants downstate.
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Republicans allege census data shows Democrat-drawn legislative maps violate population deviation rules.
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