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Illinois House takes up $53B state budget, including Gov. Pritzker initiatives
ABC 7 Chicago· 5 days agoThe Illinois House has taken up the state budget Tuesday after the Senate approved the $53.1 billion...
Illinois Senate approves state budget with $750 million in tax hikes, measure now moves to the House
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoThe Senate worked through most of...weekend to resolve differences among the Democratic majorities...
Senate Democrats send $53.1B Illinois spending plan to House - St. Louis Business Journal
The Business Journals· 5 days agoTwo days after the Illinois General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn its spring session, Democrats...
Illinois Senate Democrats boost budget plan after House leaves town
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate Democrats closed in Sunday on approving the state’s next budget,...
Connecticut Summerfest features contemporary composers premiering new works
Hartford Courant· 10 hours agoThe annual Connecticut Summerfest is an opportunity for the composers, most of whom are still in...
Illinois grocery tax on the way out, but gambling taxes on the way up
Axios· 4 days agoThe General Assembly's deadline for the spring legislative session is Friday, but lawmakers have...
Daywatch: Johnson to reopen Roseland mental health clinic, two other sites
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGood morning, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson is expanding city-run mental health services at three locations across Chicago, a decisive step to fulfill the so-called “Treatment Not Trauma” plan ...
States shift toward kin-first foster care
North Dakota Monitor via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen Victoria Gray and her husband took in their grandchild in 1993, there wasn’t a catchall term to explain the difficult task ahead. They just did the...
Conviction for Trump, circus for his loyalists
Politico· 2 days agoThe bill was approved this week in the state Senate but is yet to come up for a vote in the other chamber. Still, after several years of criminal justice...
Low-wage states with cheap housing dominated the post-pandemic jobs boom
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMore than half of the nation’s jobs created in the past five years have come in two states: Texas...