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Lawmakers advance state government pay raises

— January 9, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Officials at the highest levels of state government appear set to receive substantial pay raises this month after the House and Senate passed a budget bill that…

Pritzker defends energy plans against Bailey attacks at ag forum
— August 25, 2022

LEXINGTON – The candidates for Illinois governor faced questioning about their agriculture-related policies Wednesday, Aug. 24 in an outbuilding on a McLean County farm. Gov. J.B….
Justice announces her retirement from Illinois Supreme Court
— May 9, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Republican Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman announced Monday, May 9 that she will retire on July 7, marking the end of a long legal career that has included…
COVID-19 rules unlikely to ease by April’s end
— April 9, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday, April 9 one month since he issued a state of emergency, it is “unlikely” his stay-at-home order can be lifted safely before April…
Governor-elect Pritzker puts transition in motion
— November 13, 2018

Despite Democrats having control over both chambers of the Illinois Legislature and now the governor’s office, Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker said he plans to work with Republicans and…

Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19, receives anti-viral treatment
— July 19, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home, his office announced Tuesday, three days after he spoke at a gathering of Democrats in…
State rep wants Pritzker to rescind recent executive orders or go to jail
— August 9, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Rep. Darren Bailey asked a downstate judge this week to agree that Gov. J.B. Pritzker violated a court ruling when he issued three COVID-19-related executive orders…
State GOP leader forecasts increased debt, higher taxes
— January 22, 2019

The leader of the state Republican Party is not giving Gov. J.B. Pritzker any honeymoon period, already ripping the new governor for the message that increasing top administrators’…