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Editor's note: This is the third in a three-part WGLT series this week about court fines and fees in Illinois. Read and listen to part one and part…

Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part WGLT series this week about court fines and fees in Illinois. Read and listen to part one.A new law…

Meanwhile Democrats on Capitol Hill pushed legislation through the House in March to retroactively erase the deadline, which they say would make the Illinois, Nevada and Virginia votes legal. Outside the Beltway, activists are mounting a pressure campaign demanding President Biden and his administration flex executive powers and revoke a Trump-era Justice Department opinion that says the 1979 deadline is binding. That opinion is one reason the National Archives says it hasn’t certified the ER...

MAD-AS-HELL IN THE HOUSE — GUTIERREZ SWIPES AT FOXX — MEDDLING COMMISSIONERS Presented by CVS Health Good Monday morning, Illinois. Oscar stunner: Chadwick Boseman didnt win best actor, but Anthony Hopkins, who did, offered a tribute. TOP TALKER With a little more than five weeks before state lawmakers wrap up their spring legislative session, there’s still a lot of heavy lifting to be done on the state budget, redistricting, ethics reform, and an energy package. They’re all issues imp...