Capitol Briefs: Measure targets ‘legacy’ admission at public universities Capitol Briefs: Measure targets ‘legacy’ admission at public universities Lawmakers miss self-imposed Friday deadline for budget, advance hundreds of bills
Capitol Briefs: Measure blocks interstate probes of abortion services Capitol Briefs: Measure blocks interstate probes of abortion services Lawmakers also pass bills aimed at climate change education, safe battery recycling
Capitol Briefs: House OKs program for student teacher stipends – but not the funding for it Capitol Briefs: House OKs program for student teacher stipends – but not the funding for it State leaders honor fallen firefighters at annual Capitol ceremony
Capitol Briefs: Republicans sue over law banning legislative candidate slating Capitol Briefs: Republicans sue over law banning legislative candidate slating Report says natural gas prices could triple in next 10 years without state action
Capitol Briefs: Senate advances elections bill, measure targeting ‘predatory’ lending Capitol Briefs: Senate advances elections bill, measure targeting ‘predatory’ lending Pritzker says measure passed hastily by Democrats is ‘actually an ethics bill’
Capitol Briefs: State unveils report on racial disparities among homeless populations Capitol Briefs: State unveils report on racial disparities among homeless populations Lung Association gives mixed review of state’s air quality
Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House Lawmakers also outlaw AI-generated child porn, fine-tune prisoner medical release law
Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers, advocates again call for affordable housing tax credit Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers, advocates again call for affordable housing tax credit Public health groups seek more funding to reduce overdose deaths
Capitol Briefs: Pritzker appoints first-ever Prisoner Review Board director; Chicago advances migrant funding Capitol Briefs: Pritzker appoints first-ever Prisoner Review Board director; Chicago advances migrant funding Gov. JB Pritzker named a first-ever director of the beleaguered Prisoner Review Board and a Chicago City Council committee advanced the mayor’s plan to provide $70 million in migrant response funding.
Capitol Briefs: Bill creating new early childhood agency among 244 to advance Capitol Briefs: Bill creating new early childhood agency among 244 to advance Other measures would require insurers to cover IVF, allow social workers to carry naloxone