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Fallen deputy, family honored on House floor

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Lawmakers took time out from their session Thursday at the Capitol to honor the service of McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner, who was shot and killed March 7 while police served an arrest warrant at a Rockford hotel.

House OKs doubling of fines for drivers who pass stopped school buses

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Drivers who don’t stop for school buses could see a doubling in ticket fines under a proposed state law that passed the House on Thursday. House Bill 1873, sponsored by GOP Rep. Darren Bailey of Xenia, doubles the fine for first offenses to $300 from $150, and for second offenses to $1,000 from $500.

SENATE RECAP: Presidential tax return measure heads to Illinois House

Thursday, April 11, 2019

The Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would require presidential or vice-presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s election ballots. It...

Progressive Caucus rolls out mid-session policy endorsements

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Members of a liberal House caucus announced their first set of bill endorsements Thursday, including measures targeting potential immigrant detention centers and homelessness. The Progressive...

Senate OKs slightly different bill to raise minimum salary for teachers

Thursday, April 11, 2019

A second bill raising the minimum annual salary for Illinois teachers to $40,000 found legislative success this week. Senate Bill 10, sponsored by Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), passed on a...

Chicago mayor-elect tells Senate ‘bold action’ – including a graduated income tax – needed in Illinois

Thursday, April 11, 2019

In her second consecutive day of addressing lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot once again called for statewide unity and told the Illinois Senate “bold...

House Roundup: House passes bill to ban private, for-profit detention facilities

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The Illinois House passed a bill that would prohibit private, for-profit companies from operating civil detention facilities in Illinois, a measure that would effectively block a project currently...

Senate Roundup: Senate passes bill to keep elected officials from collecting salary plus pension

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Local elected officials and county board members may soon be barred from simultaneously drawing both a salary and pension benefits from the same post. The Illinois Senate on Wednesday approved...

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Fallen deputy, family honored on House floor

House OKs doubling of fines for drivers who pass stopped school buses

SENATE RECAP: Presidential tax return measure heads to Illinois House

Progressive Caucus rolls out mid-session policy endorsements

Senate OKs slightly different bill to raise minimum salary for teachers

Chicago mayor-elect tells Senate ‘bold action’ – including a graduated income tax – needed in Illinois

House Roundup: House passes bill to ban private, for-profit detention facilities

Senate Roundup: Senate passes bill to keep elected officials from collecting salary plus pension

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