SPRINGFIELD – A major expansion of voting access for the 2020 general election is headed to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker after the Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate on May 21 took the chamber’s last step in putting language for a graduated income tax constitutional amendment on the November general election…
It is a mainstay of fairs and carnivals around the country: sink a ping pong ball into a fish bowl and win the goldfish swimming inside. But if a bill in the Illinois Senate becomes…
SPRINGFIELD – Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker thanked lawmakers Thursday, Nov. 14 for passing legislation to address an issue that has eluded the General Assembly for nearly seven decades…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said he wants to raise the state’s usage tax on tobacco products. In a proposal supported by anti-smoking advocacy groups,…
SPRINGFIELD — New Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, announced his leadership team Jan. 28 on the first day of the 2020 legislative session. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood,…
SPRINGFIELD – Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected as the 39th president of the Illinois Senate on Sunday, Jan. 19 after hours of behind-the-scenes negotiations. The race…
SPRINGFIELD — John Mulroe traded his state Senate seat for a judicial bench. After serving more than eight years in the General Assembly, the Chicago Democrat was sworn in June 21…
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