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CHICAGO — A nearly four-decade moratorium on the construction of nuclear plants in Illinois will end next year under a measure signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who vetoed an
Lawmakers have agreed on a voting map but are considering a last-minute proposal to accelerate moving to a fully elected board.
Cost-of-living increases of 3% will be granted to all retired Chicago police officers, regardless of whether they were born before or after Jan. 1, 1966. Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 signed into law a similar measure for retired firefighters.
Less than 12 months before Chicago voters head to the polls to elect the city’s school board for the first time, Illinois lawmakers adjourned for the year Thursday without reaching an agreement on how to conduct the first round of balloting. The House and Senate each approved separate plans for the election, but the House moved first and gaveled its session to a close before the Senate voted ...
Illinois House and Senate Democrats remained divided Wednesday over how to handle the transition to a fully elected Chicago school board, while supporters of a controversial tax credit program for private school scholarships that’s set to expire at the end of the year were skeptical they’d be able to round up enough votes for an extension. With one session day remaining on the legislative ...