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Tax amnesty program nets more than $60 million more than expected

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

A tax amnesty program created during the passage of last year’s state operating budget has brought in nearly $240 million — approximately $60 million more than was expected — the Illinois Department of Revenue announced Tuesday.

Gun rights advocates sue State Police for alleged FOID delays

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

A pair of gun rights advocacy groups are suing the Illinois State Police, its director and the chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau for “not acting in a timely manner on Firearm Owner Identification card and concealed carry applications.”

Former inmates incorrectly removed from voter rolls

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Nearly 800 former inmates may have had their voter registrations incorrectly canceled “due to a data-matching error” between the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Illinois...

Second Illinois coronavirus case confirmed in spouse of first woman diagnosed

Thursday, January 30, 2020

The spouse of the first Illinoisan confirmed to have novel coronavirus has also tested positive for the illness and is being monitored, health officials said Thursday.

Policy change: Secretary of state won’t forward 16-year-olds’ info to voter registration system

Thursday, January 30, 2020

While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State Board of Elections as part of an automatic voter...

Optimism, calls for ethics reforms highlight Pritzker policy address

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker struck a tone of optimism and accomplishment in his annual State of the State Address Wednesday, declaring “the old patronage system needs to die” as he outlined his...

UPDATED: Harmon names new leadership team

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

New Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, announced his leadership team Tuesday on the first day of the 2020 legislative session.

State police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

When an Illinois Senate panel met in March to discuss the state’s backlog of untested forensic evidence, there were more than 70 DNA samples in murder cases more than a year old awaiting...

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Tax amnesty program nets more than $60 million more than expected

Gun rights advocates sue State Police for alleged FOID delays

Former inmates incorrectly removed from voter rolls

Second Illinois coronavirus case confirmed in spouse of first woman diagnosed

Policy change: Secretary of state won’t forward 16-year-olds’ info to voter registration system

Optimism, calls for ethics reforms highlight Pritzker policy address

UPDATED: Harmon names new leadership team

State police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work