Veto session primer: With few overrides to consider, new proposals take forefront
For the first time since the General Assembly adjourned its historic regular legislative session in early June, lawmakers will be ...
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State school board to vote on legislative agenda
The Illinois State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on its legislative agenda for the upcoming fall veto session ...
HEALTH CARE: IHA urges Legislature to oppose nurse staffing ratio
The issue of mandatory nurse staffing ratios is headed to a key legislative vote in the General Assembly on Wednesday, ...
Lawmaker pushes for ‘non-discriminatory’ textbooks that highlight LGBT contributions
A bill that would require school textbooks purchased with certain state funds to highlight the contributions of LGBT individuals to ...
Minimum wage increase heads to Pritzker’s desk
A bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 by 2025 needs only Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature to become law, ...
Bill aimed at paring Madigan’s power stalls in Illinois House
A bill intended to rein in House Speaker Michael Madigan's outsized role in state politics was rejected by Democrats in ...
Four Democratic lawmakers propose expanding reproductive rights
Democratic lawmakers, surrounded by a coalition of advocates, announced plans to expand state reproductive rights at a news event in ...
Bill aims to regulate homemade guns, blueprints
A bill introduced last week in the Illinois House would add several layers of state regulation to the production and ...
Senate Democrats send minimum wage bill to House
A bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage passed the state Senate on partisan lines Thursday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker made ...
Bill would require faster reporting of opioid dispensing
Pharmacies in Illinois would have less time to report dispensing opioid medications and other controlled substances under a bill making ...
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