Only 3 new laws in Illinois for 2021
Sarah Mansur Capitol News Illinois
Dec. 29, 2020
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SPRINGFIELD When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
As a result, only three new laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. Here’s a look at them, as well as the next increase in the minimum wage that will be applied Friday:
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“Close to 90% of all internet searches done in the United States use Google. No competing search engine has more than 7% of the market, and, over the past decade, no new entrant in the general search market in the United States has accounted for more than 1% of internet searches in a given year,” the lawsuit reads, establishing Google’s
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