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Lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987.

Governor JB Pritzker, who vetoed a previous bill, supports the legislature's new effort.

SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear-power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987.

Revised bill lifting a moratorium on new nuclear plants heads to Pritzker; non-action on Invest in Kids means tax credit program will sunset Jan. 1

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generati...

Illinois senators approved a plan Wednesday to lift the 1987 moratorium on nuclear construction months after Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a similar plan that gained bipartisan support in both chambers.

There has been no movement on efforts to extend scholarship tax credits or allow legislative staff to unionize.

SPRINGFIELD — A Republican Illinois senator proposed fresh legislation Tuesday lifting a moratorium on new nuclear reactors and calling for new rules governing them, one of the concerns raised in

The two-week veto session has seen heated debate over these and other subjects, including regulating the yet-to-be-formed elected Chicago School Board and the controversial Invest in Kids tax credit program

SPRINGFIELD — With one scheduled day left in the General Assembly’s fall veto session, lawmakers advanced measures that would allow new nuclear power construction in Illinois and usher in the