Lawmakers move to pause – then further regulate – carbon dioxide pipeline development Lawmakers move to pause – then further regulate – carbon dioxide pipeline development Lawmakers passed a measure to put a moratorium on carbon dioxide pipelines after more than a year of controversy over several such projects.
As legislative session adjournment looms, a rush to regulate carbon capture industry As legislative session adjournment looms, a rush to regulate carbon capture industry Environmentalists, business, labor groups deep in talks over nascent technology
Hundreds of bills pass, including changes to state’s biometric data privacy law Hundreds of bills pass, including changes to state’s biometric data privacy law Other measures regulate garbage truck littering, allow yoga in schools
Lawmakers pitch sweeping changes to energy industry and Chicagoland transit system Lawmakers pitch sweeping changes to energy industry and Chicagoland transit system As legislative session nears its end, policy platform part of ongoing clean energy debate
Capitol Briefs: Chicago school board, student teacher pay, local food measures all advance in Springfield Capitol Briefs: Chicago school board, student teacher pay, local food measures all advance in Springfield Another measure would prohibit small single-use plastic bottles at hotels
Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulings Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulings Business groups have long sought changes to statute that’s led to hundreds of lawsuits