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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Despite announcing an agreement and filing bill, Senate fails to move budget by end of Wednesday
The Senate failed to advance the state budget bill Wednesday
night throwing lawmakers off track for a Friday adjournment even after the two
Democratic caucuses and Gov. JB Pritzker announced a deal on Fiscal Year 2024
spending Wednesday afternoon and the Senate filed a budget bill.
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Illinois Democrats release details of 2023 state budget negotiations
Topping $50 billion, Illinois Democrats say they have reached
a budget agreement.
The proposed fiscal 2024 budget is similar to what Gov. J.B.
Pritzker unveiled earlier this year.
It includes $700 million for K-12 and early childhood
education, and an addition...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Illinois lawmakers will work into weekend despite Democratic "agreement" on budget
— Gov. JB Pritzker and the Democratic leaders from the House
and Senate reached an "agreement" on the Fiscal Year 2024 budget
Wednesday afternoon, but the first draft of the $50 billion spending plan
wasn't filed until after 9 p.m. The Senate then adjourned less than two hours
later because their Democratic colleagues in the House were still reviewing the
plan.
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Pritzker: Deal in place for state budget
– Governor JB Pritzker says there’s a deal on the state
budget.
Pritzker claimed at a news conference in Springfield the
budget is balanced for the fifth year in a row.
“From the beginning, I vowed to work with the General
Assembly, and restor...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
It’s long past time to for Illinois to enact ethical reforms
A former governor has a plan for what ails Illinois
politics.
A Chicago federal jury’s guilty verdict in the Commonwealth
Edison bribery conspiracy case has initiated another round of
“what-can-we-do-to-stop-corruption” talk in Illinois.
The u...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Pritzker, Democratic leaders take victory lap for reaching budget deal — and only drag their feet a bit in actually filing bill
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Senate
President Don Harmon and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
announced agreement on a budget they said was balanced “without
gimmicks.” Six hours later, Democrats filed the legislation, which must
still pass both chambers before the governor can sign it.Democrats finally filed a state budg...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Democratic legislative leaders herald budget deal, but day ends without a vote
Democratic Gov.
J.B. Pritzker and Illinois legislative leaders announced Wednesday
afternoon they had a a deal on a roughly $50 billion state budget that
they planned to quickly bring to the Senate floor, but the chamber
adjourned about seven hours later without voting on the measure.The
latest delay comes afte...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Illinois Senate poised to vote on budget amid process slowed by Democratic differences over spending
The
Illinois Senate was poised for a vote late Thursday on a $50.6 billion
state spending plan — an altered version of what Gov. J.B. Pritzker and
the state legislature’s Democratic leaders had presented as a done deal a
day earlier.The
process for approving the budget has been slowed as Democrats, who
control...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Gender-neutral bathroom bill was tip of the iceberg for trans-inclusive legislation passed this session
Legislators have sent
a spate of pro-LGBTQ and specifically trans-inclusive legislation to
Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk this month, sharpening Illinois’ contrast
against its neighbors as surrounding s...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
How Illinois' $50 billion budget deal got done
With the economy
starting to turn dicey and Republicans in the political wilderness,
Springfield Democrats have decided to quit fighting among themselves
over rather small-ball items and take what they can g...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Pritzker announces deal reached on state budget
Gov. J.B. Pritzker,
joined by state House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch and state Senate
President Don Harmon, announced Wednesday that a deal has been reached
among General Assembly Democrats to approve the...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
The state's $50 billion budget awaits votes in Senate, House: Here's how it's going
Budget bill introduced on Wednesday missing voting actionAs things stood Thursday just after 9 p.m., the
Illinois General Assembly was still working to move forward with its
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
Pritzker, Illinois Democrats Tout State Budget Agreement, But Deal Not Done Yet
A more than $50 billion dollar budget agreement Gov. J.B.
Pritzker and the leaders of the legislature trumpeted on Wednesday afternoon
isn’t a done deal yet.
A proposal (SB250) outlining their priorities for state
spending — including more money for education, from early childhood through
higher ed, upticks...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Bill requiring policies against racism in Illinois schools passes House
– An Illinois lawmaker has a goal to eliminate racism and
discrimination in schools.
State Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, filed Senate Bill 90.
The measure, as amended by the House, requires Illinois school districts,
excluding private religious schools, to create and maintain at least one
written policy prohibi...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Illinois legislators return Wednesday to reveal, pass state budget
Illinois taxpayers still have yet to see how legislators
plan to spend their money in the coming fiscal year.
July 1 begins the next budget year for the state of
Illinois. The Illinois Constitution states all bills passed after May 31 with
an immediate effective date require supermajority support in the legislature.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Lengthy to-do list greets lawmakers final week of session, part 2
Lawmakers return to Springfield Wednesday for another try at
wrapping up the spring session with a longer list of items on their plate for
this week than when they arrived last Tuesday for what many thought would be
the final week of session.
The largest piece of legislation...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Proposal to consolidate lawmaker pensions with other funds to be discussed this summer
Illinois lawmakers will have to wait for the next
legislative session to address pension measures currently in the General
Assembly.
Two pension-related measures await action in the
legislature. House Bill 4098 would discontinue the General Assembly Retirement
System, the worst funded of the state's five systems, and ...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Sen. Rezin says Honor and Remember Flag bill on it’s way to governor’s desk
St. Sen. Sue Rezin says Illinois is now on its way to recognizing
the Honor and Remember Flag as the official state symbol to remember those who
lost their lives during Memorial Day. A bill designate the Honor and Remember
Flag as the official State symbol of concern for the commitment to honoring and
remembering the lives of all members of the United States. The Morris
Republ...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Catholic church in Illinois vastly underreported clergy sex abuse, Kwame Raoul finds
At the start of a 5-year investigation by the attorney
general, Cardinal Blase Cupich told seminarians the Archdiocese of Chicago had
“posted all of the names” of predatory clergy. As Raoul’s investigation neared
its end, Cupich kept adding more names. |