Illinois Senate votes to expand legal protections for people in Illinois illegally
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois News Network
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Illinois is a step closer to giving more legal protection to illegal immigrants.
The idea behind the plan approved by...
Incoming Democrat won't back Madigan
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks at a press conference on June 29, 2017.Image courtesy of BlueRoomStream
In Illinois, next year’s legislative leaders are the same as this year’s,...
Bill would halt taxpayer-funded abortion
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
Illinois state Rep. Peter Breen speaks on the House floor on May 24, 2017.
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A bill has been filed that would remove the...
On Oct. 11, the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to repeal the notorious sweetened beverage tax. Fifteen of the 17 commissioners voted in favor of the repeal, providing enough support to thwart a possible veto of the ordinance....
OP State Rep: "We're all free agents now."
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
Illinois State Capitol
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
With the fall veto session weeks away, Gov. Bruce Rauner says he hopes the Republican caucus "stays...
Column:
Rep. Jeanne Ives attacks Rauner’s weak right flank
Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives, of Wheaton, speaks during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library on Sept. 27, 2017, in the Loop. (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)
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U.S. Senate panel investigating 'soaring' Medicaid costs in Illinois, 7 other states
Illinois News Network
Sep 27, 2017
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The soaring costs of Medicaid expansion in Illinois and seven other U.S. states is under investigation by a U.S....
Rural communities continue to shrink as jobless woes mount
Illinois News Network
September 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Illinois rural communities are losing tens of thousands of residents to outmigration as small towns grapple with employment issues.
Illinois experienced a net loss...
Steve Balich Editor Note:
I don't get what the Governor, Senate, and House is thinking! The illegal immigration is a huge issue costing an over taxed citizenship more and more money in education, healthcare, food stamps, prisons, police, and on...
Hello patriots:
ACTION ALERT
Write, phone & email Gov Rauner to Veto Bill SB31 which will make #Illinois a #SanctuaryState.
HOW IMPORTANT the effect Illegal Immigration is having on our state. Harboring criminal illegals is the main reason for Sanctuary Cities which allows these criminals...