Proposal calls for giving DCFS workers pepper spray
— February 16, 2022SPRINGFIELD – Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of legislation that would allow Department of Children and Family Services workers to carry pepper spray for…
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Lawmakers prepare for shortened session
— January 4, 2022SPRINGFIELD – The 2022 session of the Illinois General Assembly will be even shorter than originally planned due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Democratic leaders announced….
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Future of new congressional maps uncertain on final day of veto session
— October 28, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers appeared to be hitting some roadblocks Thursday, Oct. 28, in their effort to reach agreement on a new set of congressional district maps on the final…
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Plaintiffs argue new legislative maps will dilute Latino vote
— October 7, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the state’s legislative redistricting plan have filed new complaints in federal court charging that the district maps that lawmakers…
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Democrats pass new legislative maps after contentious debate
— September 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Democrats in the General Assembly pushed through a new set of legislative maps during a one-day special session Tuesday, Aug. 31 although the process they used sparked…
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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this spring
— December 15, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the state’s…
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Lawmakers have a lot of work ahead as they cancel sessions
— October 21, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The legislative action was light during the General Assembly’s first week of fall session, and lawmakers in both chambers left town a day early after leadership canceled…
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Ethics bill fails as Republicans pull support
— September 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House failed to muster the votes Tuesday, Aug. 31 to accept Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s amendatory veto to an ethics bill that passed nearly unanimously earlier…
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