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In early morning vote, Illinois House approves $53.1 billion state budget bolstered by $750 million...
Chicago Tribune· 1 hour agoIllinois House Democrats early Wednesday approved a $53.1 billion election-year budget that boosts...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues clashing with Illinois Senate over parole board
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate and Gov. J.B. Pritzker remain divided over changes to the state’s...
Illinois Democrats still at odds over tax hike proposals as budget talks again head into overtime
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoDespite their iron-clad control in Springfield, Illinois Democrats for the second straight year will...
State budget still up in the air
Politico· 1 day agoThey say they were fired after alleging in a lawsuit that they were pushed into working on Dart’s 2022 reelection bid,” by the Sun-Times’ Andy Grimm. —...
Column: Change is the name of the game for Illinois’ secretary of state
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoThe Secretary of State’s Office is a behemoth, multi-faceted department of Illinois bureaucracy. Jesse White, the popular former secretary of state who decided not to seek ...
Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November
KLAS Las Vegas· 5 days agoJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has...
Political operative charged with sending obscene messages to state senator
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWGN Investigates has learned a top aide to a state representative who abruptly resigned in April has...
NC Attorney General brings $12M suit against Illinois owner of closed Canton paper plant
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoStein is set to face Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in the Nov. 5 general election. The Citizen...
Democrats go on offense as the GOP opens the door to birth control restrictions
ABC News· 6 days agoFormer President Donald Trump opened the door to restricting access to contraceptives earlier this...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices, most state offices ...