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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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.

     

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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 action

    As things stood Thursday just after 9 p.m., the Illinois General Assembly was still working to move forward with its upcoming fiscal year budget.

    In its totality, the budget language seen in an amendment filed to read more >

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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...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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.  read more >

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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...   read more >

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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 ...   read more >

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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...   read more >

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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.