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Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action as of May 27, 2022.

Description: Requires a record of the purchase of recyclable metal and catalytic converters, prohibits the cash sale of catalytic convertors over the value of $100, adds new members to the Recyclable Metal Theft Task Force, and adds that any metal not obtained in accordance of the law is subject to forfeiture. Description: Amends the Election Code to create the...

A former television journalist who has spent the last decade as an Illinois state senator is hoping a newly created Local Journalism Task Force will help find a way to reverse the growth of "news deserts" throughout Illinois.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill action.

On Tuesday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 134, which creates...

The governor’s office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong process which advocates hope will end in a comprehensive clean energy platform as the session nears its final month. The stated goal of the bill is to drive Illinois to 100 percent “clean” energy by 2050. That, Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell said in an interview Wednesday, would include nuclear power as a major contributor. Another goal is to bring Illinois to 40 percent of its utility scale...

The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The General Assembly’s session is scheduled to end May 31. Capitol News Illinois has summarized below a few of the notable bills th...

By Sarah Mansur & Capitol News Illinois • 4 hours ago Credit Capitol News Illinois file photo The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The General Assembly�...

General Assembly passes hundreds of bills as sessions end approaches   Updated 4/26/2021 3:44 PM SPRINGFIELD -- The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The Genera...

The McDonough County Voice Last week, more people in my small-town neighborhood knew about a huge tanker blocking the Suez Canal than realized that a local polling place was open for the day for early voting in next week’s consolidated election. That’s typical of too many places that no longer have local newspapers with local news for local people. However, an Illinois lawmaker is starting a process to address that, combining personal political priorities supporting jobs and good government...