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Temporary tax relief measures to begin Friday in Illinois

Illinoisans will receive some modest tax relief starting Friday when the state’s new fiscal year begins.
UPDATED: Bailey wins GOP nomination to challenge Pritzker

State Sen. Darren Bailey, who gained statewide notoriety challenging Gov. JB Pritzker’s pandemic executive order authority in court, will be the incumbent’s challenger in the November...
Pritzker to call special session on reproductive rights

Gov. JB Pritzker will call a special session of the General Assembly in the coming weeks to focus on legislation to strengthen women’s access to abortion and other reproductive health services...
CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker vs. Bailey

UPDATED 7/1: Capitol Recap is a weekly roundup of Capitol News Illinois’ coverage of state government

Candidate interview: Alexi Giannoulias looking to reclaim statewide office

Illinois voters might know Alexi Giannoulias as the state’s treasurer from 2007 to 2011, or they might know him as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate who lost to Republican Mark Kirk in...
6 Republicans vie to unseat Pritzker

Republican voters in Illinois will choose from six candidates to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in the upcoming June 28 primary.
Candidate interview: Anna Valencia running for secretary of state

Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia has frequently employed a quip during her race for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state: Outgoing Secretary Jesse White’s shoes can’t be...
Republicans see opening in secretary of state race

For the first time in more than a quarter century, there is an open race for the office of Illinois secretary of state as incumbent Democrat Jesse White prepares to retire, and Republicans hope that...
Candidate interview: Secretary of state hopeful David Moore

Chicago Alderman David Moore is one of four Democrats vying to succeed Secretary of State Jesse White, who has held the office since 1999.
Tom Cullerton sentenced to 1 year in prison for embezzlement

A federal judge in Chicago handed down a one-year prison sentence Tuesday for a former state senator who once chaired the Senate Labor Committee.

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Friday, July 1

STORY: RIVER ACCESS
Two Illinois Supreme Court justices are urging the General Assembly to change the definition of "navigable rivers" to include recreational activities. The opinion stems from ruling that allows some landowners along small rivers to block other people from canoeing across their property.
Reporter: Peter Hancock
Word count: 700-800 words
Photo: stock/file
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STORY/PODCAST: PRITZKER INTERVIEW
A look at election night speeches and an interview with Gov. JB Pritzker.
Reporter: Jerry Nowicki
Length: 25-30 minutes
Word Count: 700-1,000
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Capitol News Illinois · Illinois' Shifting Electoral Map

Illinois' political map has shifted dramatically in the 21st century with Democrats now dominating large cities and the suburbs, and Republicans holding small towns and rural areas. Two researchers at Southern Illinois University, John Jackson and John Foster, discuss that trend and the new paper they have just published. (Read the whole paper at news.siu.edu/2022/06/061522-Lat…context-for-22.php)

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