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State: Former lawmakers waited too long to seek back pay State: Former lawmakers waited too long to seek back pay

State: Former lawmakers waited too long to seek back pay

The state’s attorney general says two former lawmakers should not receive back pay for frozen cost-of-living increases and forced furlough days because they previously voted to approve the two laws and waited “for so long” to file a lawsuit challenging their constitutionality. Those laws, a Cook County judge ruled last month, violated an article of the state’s governing document.
New law will abolish State Charter School Commission New law will abolish State Charter School Commission

New law will abolish State Charter School Commission

The state commission that oversees charter schools is set to be abolished next year while its powers and duties will be transferred to the Illinois State Board of Education. That’s the result of Senate Bill 1226, sponsored by state Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Aug. 23.
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