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The 704-page budget proposal dropped around 1:30 a.m., giving lawmakers less than a day to consider contents.

The flurry of legislation came in the waning hours of Illinois' spring legislative session and ultimately spilled into overtime, with the House adjourning around 2:40 a.m. and the Senate at

Amanda Vinicky | June 1, 2021 8:09 am (WTTW News) Illinois’ primary date next year is moving, from March 15 to June 28 – a move that gives candidates for the U.S. House time to organize their campaigns and petition drives, given that legislators will not finalize a new map of Congressional districts until fall. Thanks to our sponsors: Without the change, Congressional candidates wouldn’t have enough time to complete the cumbersome task of submitting petitions to get on the 2022 ballot by Nov. 22. The switch is solely for the ‘22 midterm election cycle, when voters will elect the n...

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills implementing the maps were introduced. The latest versions of the legislative maps were released about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The actual legislation to implement them was released in the early hours of Friday morning, according to lawmakers. Those bills were then heard in the House and Senate Redistricting committees during 9:30 a.m. hearings that were announced with about one hour’s notice. Those revised H...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers approved changes to state election law over the holiday weekend, inclu...