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Pritzker signs 'real balanced budget'
Guv completes ‘ambitious agenda’ by signing tax rates, too, pledges education funding, capital bill will provide property-tax relief
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Budget, Illinois Capital Bill, Greg Harris, Toi Hutchinson, William McNary, Michael Zalewski, Moms Mabley, Heather Steans
Farmers play catch-up on planting
Corn, soybeans lag far behind average pace as farmers race rains to get crop in
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Charter commission out, but private-school scholarships retained
Controversial charter commission will no longer overrule local districts
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kathi Griffin, Illinois Charter Schools, Illinois State Charter School Commission, Chicago Board of Education, Illinois Education Association, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Blase Cupich, Illinois Private Schools, Illinois Private School Scholarship Tax Credits, Lori Lightfoot
EPA workers 'shackled' by Trump in enforcing EtO regulations
Groups blame lax EPA for cancer scare in Willowbrook, Lake County
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Ted CoxNicole Cantello, AFGE Local 704, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, EPA, IEPA, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Donald Trump, Bill Wehrum, Andrew Wheeler, Bryce Hensley, Romanucci & Blandic, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, J, J.C. Kibbey, Natural Resources Defense Council, Illinois Environmental Council, Sri Rao, Colleen Smith
Illinois congressmen call for impeachment probe
Quigley, Davis, Garcia seek congressional inquiry into President Trump, as Rush calls for outright impeachment
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Quigley, Danny Davis, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bobby Rush, Trump Impeachment, Robert Mueller, Mueller Report, Trump Obstruction, Cheri Bustos, Nancy Pelosi
Pritzker, General Assembly 'get this work done'
Budget, capital bill, sports gambling pass after deadline, joining progressive tax, reproductive rights, legal weed
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEA, Kathi Griffin, Andy Manar, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Sports Gambling, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education Association, Rebuild Illinois, Chicago Casino, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois Working Families
Legal weed, Reproductive Health Act pass, along with deadline
Major Pritzker initiatives — sports gambling, capital bill, budget — go down to the wire
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Ted CoxIllinois General Assembly, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Gambling, Illinois Sports Betting, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Illinois Capital Bill, Lori Lightfoot, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax
UIUC has lowest rents among U.S. universities
Study by national apartment-search website also finds Chicago colleges a bargain
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Ted CoxCollege Rents, U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News University Rankings, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Loyola University Chicago, IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Harvard University, Princeton University, Northwestern University, Yeshiva University, Boston College
Pot proponents cheer Senate, urge House to follow
Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. Gordon-Booth call legalization bill a model for nation
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Ted CoxIllinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Toi Hutchinson, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Alexander Sharp, Clergy for a New Drug Policy, Bob Morgan, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois AFL-CIO, Timothy Drea, People United for Racial Equity, Edie Moore, Chicago NORML, Clint Brown, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881
Anti-protest energy bill stalls in Senate
Environmentalists cheer victory over measure that would have turned protest offenses into felonies
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Ted CoxMichael Hastings, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Greenpeace, Annie Leonard, Tabitha Tripp, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Elizabeth Kosuth, Illinois People's Action, Illinois House Progressive Caucus
Flooded farm fields in 'unprecedented territory'
Ag expert calls it ‘near catastrophic’ as heavy, persistent rains delay planting
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The Christian case for legal weed
Rev. Alexander Sharp of Clergy for a New Drug Policy calls legalization ‘a profoundly human compassion issue’
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Ted CoxIllinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Cannabis, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Alexander Sharp, Clergy for a New Drug Policy, Bob Gilligan, Catholic Conference of Illinois, Protestants for the Common Good, Kelly Cassidy, Heather Steans
Lightfoot calls for 'Chicago renaissance'
New mayor lauds guv on fair tax, seeks Springfield action on infrastructure, casino, legal pot
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Gun Violence, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Infrastructure, Chicago Casino, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Working Families, Uber, Lyft
Pritzker fair tax to go to voters
General Assembly approves by supermajority, as governor touts accompanying relief on property taxes
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1IL Opinion: Don't wait to legalize marijuana in Illinois
Clergy for a New Drug Policy touts provisions on social justice
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From Inspiration Point to Garden of the Gods
The 160-mile River to River Trail spans the Mississippi and the Ohio as well as some of the state’s most stunning scenery
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Ted CoxRiver to River Trail Society, Tennessee River-Line Trail, Illinois Tourism, Illinois State Parks, Shawnee National Forest, Gillum Ferguson, Civilian Conservation Corps, Delyte Morris, Garden of the Gods, Inspiration Point, Trail of Tears, Trail of Tears State Park, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, SIU
Social services seek infrastructure
Rep. Guzzardi joins housing advocates in saying $1B of capital bill should be allocated to affordable units
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Ted CoxIllinois House Progressive Caucus, Illinois Boys & Girls Clubs, Carol Ammons, Sam Banks, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club, Bethalto Boys & Girls Club, Cathleen Wilson, Monica Bristow, Heather O'Donnell, Thresholds, Will Guzzardi, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Working Families
House Progressive Caucus calls for Reproductive Health Act
In face of new abortion laws, ‘Illinois must respond in kind with equal energy behind defending reproductive freedom,’ says Rep. Cassidy
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Ted CoxKelly Cassidy, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Rights Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, National Organization for Women, Sue Purrington, Carol Ammons, Theresa Mah, Will Guzzardi, Michael Madigan, Illinois Capital Bill
County sheriffs offer to take lawmakers for a ride
Illinois Sheriffs’ Association launches ride-along program with members of General Assembly
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Ted CoxIllinois Sheriffs' Association, Jim Kaitschuk, Justin Slaughter, Marcus Evans, David Clague, John Mulroe, Elgie Sims, Jack Campbell, Pat Hartshorn, Illinois Law Enforcement
Support to legalize pot running high
New poll counters naysayers, finding 60 percent of Illinoisans back legal weed
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Ted CoxIllinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Global Strategy Group, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, J.B. Pritzker, Marty Moylan, Bruce Kettelkamp, Dan Linn, NORML Illinois, Think Big Illinois
