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What does Gov. JB Pritzker’s nuclear energy executive order do?
Order sets a timeline for identifying potential new nuclear sites and reviewing existing regulations.
Pritzker signs measure allowing new small-scale nuclear technology in Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that will allow for the limited development of new nuclear ...
Gun laws, scholarship tax credits, nuclear energy – but not new spending – on table for veto session
The CNI Newsroom explores some of the issues that could come up in the two-week fall veto session that begins ...
Lawmakers approve measure giving utilities control over new downstate transmission lines
In the final hours of their spring session last week, lawmakers approved a controversial measure that would give existing power ...
Senate votes to lift nuclear construction ban
The Illinois Senate approved a measure on Thursday that would lift a 1980s-era moratorium on nuclear power plant construction.
Senate adjourns with no energy deal, but Harmon ‘confident’ one is still near
The Illinois Senate adjourned Tuesday without calling a comprehensive energy regulatory reform package for a vote.
Energy bill still not filed less than 24 hours before planned vote
The Illinois Senate is scheduled to return to the Capitol Tuesday to consider an energy regulatory overhaul bill that is ...
Energy working group negotiations to continue through weekend as new bill surfaces
The latest draft of an energy regulatory overhaul bill that has been in negotiations for months was unveiled late Thursday ...
Union workers rally behind Climate Union Jobs proposal
Hundreds of union workers joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in front of the Illinois Capitol Friday in support of ...
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