Pritzker tours storm damage, signs flood relief bill expanding local Chicago programs
The governor also toured storm damage in Lansing on Friday.
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DCFS: ‘Significant miscommunication’ within the agency led to missed court dates
The department said it will “explain the situation in detail to the court.”
Judge orders DCFS director to answer for repeated failures to release public documents in child death
Capitol News Illinois sued the state child protection agency after it denied release of caseworker personnel records.
Rideshare unionization, drug-pricing oversight, plastic pellet and light pollution bills become law
The governor has signed more than 350 bills that passed in the spring session.
Welch launches private working group to respond to sexual harassment, but it’s off to a rocky start
The plan is meeting resistance from at least one lawmaker who was leaked as a potential member of the working...
Illinois House begins investigation into indicted Rep. Carol Ammons
The committee will not meet again until receiving feedback from the federal prosecutor’s office.
Pritzker pens letter to Trump, seeks tariff refunds for Illinois families
‘There is no check coming in for the farmer in Champaign,’ Pritzker tells Trump.
‘I’m embarrassed by it’: Speaker Welch apologizes for interactions with former staffer
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch explains how his office handled sexual harassment allegations and changes he’s pursuing.
Pritzker signs bills allowing state to review insurance rate hikes
New legislation comes on the heels of recent rate hikes.
Pritzker signs new laws requiring businesses to accept cash, pay employees for jury duty
A new Illinois law requires employers to pay workers their full wages while for time spent on jury duty.
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