Plans expanding protections for trafficking, sexual assault victims approved by House
New legislation to empower victims of human trafficking and make cosmetics safer is advancing through the Illinois General Assembly.
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Democrats argue Republicans waited too long to file latest redistricting lawsuit
Illinois House Republicans should have filed lawsuit challenging legislative maps years ago, Democrats argue in court filing
After Pritzker’s budget address, lawmakers jockey for their own spending priorities
Even factoring in the possibility of a “mild recession” this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on ...
McCombie to take reins of House GOP caucus
State Rep. Tony McCombie said that her top priority when she becomes the next House minority leader will be to ...
Attorney general files first civil hate crime lawsuit under authority expanded in 2018
For the first time since lawmakers expanded the state’s hate crime law in 2018, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is ...
Illinois Democrats vote to remove 9 maskless Republicans from House chamber
The Illinois House voted to remove nine Republican members from the House floor Thursday afternoon for their refusal to comply ...
GOP lawmakers back effort to give DCFS workers pepper spray
Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of legislation that would allow Department of Children and Family Services workers to ...
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