SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state House on Thursday and now awaits action in the Senate. The bill…
SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers on Thursday passed a long-awaited amendment to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform’s provisions that will eliminate cash bail when the calendar hits 2023….
SPRINGFIELD – The state Senate on Thursday advanced a measure to create a task force to study electric grid reliability in light of the 2021 passage of the energy regulatory overhaul…
SPRINGFIELD – Members of the Illinois Firefighters Association joined state legislators at a news conference Wednesday, March 23 to outline a measure that they claim would recruit…
SPRINGFIELD – In a unanimous vote Wednesday, Feb. 23, the Illinois Senate voted to pass a measure that provides domestic violence and sexual assault survivors online access for order…
SPRINGFIELD – Senate Minority Leader-elect John Curran will take over a caucus that’s more than doubled in size by the majority-party Democrats. His goal: “Bring balance to state…
SPRINGFIELD – In a rare move earlier this week, the state Senate rejected a gubernatorial appointee to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board that passed through its Executive Appointment…
SPRINGFIELD – Max Cerda was convicted of a double murder when he was 16 years old. Cerda received parole in 1998. He was 35 years old when he was released and began working with ex-offenders…
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CHICAGO – In fall 2018, longtime former State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie ...
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Cases of norovirus, or the stomach bug, have been reported going through ...
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CHICAGO – Officials with the state’s largest transit agencies met with lawmakers ...
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I came across an old Irish rhyme that goes: “Boxty on the ...
