FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Get ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s tax plan looks to become the biggest ballot measure in state history FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Get ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s tax plan looks to become the biggest ballot measure in state history Thursday, March 19, 2020 The presidential election will be the marquee race on the ballot this November, but in Illinois the most expensive and noisy campaign likely will center on the battle to overhaul the state income tax and require the rich to pay more every year.
FROM KAISER HEALTH NEWS: How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it FROM KAISER HEALTH NEWS: How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it Wednesday, March 11, 2020 As the highly contagious new coronavirus continues its spread through the U.S., the general public could learn a thing or two from Andrea Amelse and the millions of other Americans with weakened immune systems who already live by rules of infection control.
No change on daylight saving bill No change on daylight saving bill Friday, March 6, 2020 An effort in Illinois to prevent biannual clock changes — such as the one Sunday moving time forward one hour — appears stalled. The state Senate passed a bill in November by... Read more
CAPITOL NEWS DAILY: Budget hearings ramp up CAPITOL NEWS DAILY: Budget hearings ramp up Friday, February 28, 2020 If you don't subscribe to our email newsletter, Capitol News Daily, here's what you missed! Today's newsletter was our weekly Capitol News Friday weekly roundup of activity at the... Read more
Full Text of Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State Address Full Text of Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State Address Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The full text of Gov. JB Pritzker's State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Capitol in Springfield. Read more
Capitol News Illinois begins daily email newsletter, and it’s free! Capitol News Illinois begins daily email newsletter, and it’s free! Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Capitol News Illinois today launched an email newsletter, Capitol News Daily, that will be sent each weekday morning while the General Assembly is in session. Read more
Nowicki named bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois Nowicki named bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois Monday, January 13, 2020 Capitol News Illinois today announces that Jerry Nowicki has been promoted to the position of bureau chief with the news service. Nowicki joined Capitol News Illinois as a reporter when the... Read more
From BGA: Trump rolls back EPA oversight in Midwest, favoring polluters From BGA: Trump rolls back EPA oversight in Midwest, favoring polluters Monday, November 18, 2019 EPA inspections and staff levels plunge in the Chicago regional office as regulations are abandoned and policy favors job creation over clean air and water. The Midwest is among the areas hit... Read more