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House GOP releases one-page ‘budget’ proposal House GOP releases one-page ‘budget’ proposal

House GOP releases one-page ‘budget’ proposal

Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday to unveil a “fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal” in the form of a one-page document detailing $2.6 billion more in revenue than House working groups had previously planned for.  “The important part here is we're not presenting a plan and saying ‘take it or leave it,’” Deputy Minority Leader Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, said.

Changes likely coming to cannabis legalization bill Changes likely coming to cannabis legalization bill

Changes likely coming to cannabis legalization bill

Some provisions that advocates for recreational marijuana legalization have said are the most important facets of their bill faced the stiffest questions at a legislative hearing Wednesday. Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is willing to negotiate the expungement matter as lawmakers questioned the process laid out in the current bill.  

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