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Bipartisan state plan to pay down remaining unemployment debt aimed at reducing employers' taxes
Nov 29, 2022 9:17 PM - In an effort to save businesses nearly a billion dollars in unemployment taxes, lawmakers on Tuesday announced a bipartisan plan to use the state's budget surplus to pay down the remaining $1.4 billion in unemployment debt taken on during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Prompted by Highland Park shooting, state police change policies on gun seizures
Nov 22, 2022 5:54 PM - Two state policies designed to keep firearms out of the hands of those who pose a significant threat have been strengthened in the wake of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois State Police say. -
Flagpole removed from old Capitol as part of ongoing renovation
Nov 22, 2022 3:23 PM - People walking through downtown Springfield on Monday morning looked up to an unusual sight -- a helicopter hovering over the Old State Capitol, dropping a rope and lifting away the flagpole that sat atop the bronze-colored dome. -
Poised for another term as speaker, Welch reflects on growing majority
Nov 21, 2022 3:35 PM - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, who recently announced he has the support for another term as House speaker, says he looks forward to governing with an even larger supermajority than he had during his first two years. -
Today in History: November 21, deadly Las Vegas hotel fire
Nov 21, 2022 7:00 AM - Today in History Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2022. There are 40 days left in the year.
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Illini can't hang on in upset bid over Michigan
Nov 19, 2022 4:14 PM - Jake Moody made a go-ahead, 35-yard field goal with nine seconds left, lifting No. 3 Michigan to a 19-17 win over Illinois on Saturday. -
Include boosters or COVID-19 tests in your Thanksgiving plans, IDPH says
Nov 18, 2022 4:07 PM - With COVID-19 new case rates up by 17.8% in November from October, Illinois Department of Public Health officials are advising common-sense precautions during Thanksgiving celebrations. Hospitalizations also grew by 9.5%. -
Illinois Senate approves divestment in Russia
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'Technical' changes to SAFE-T Act could be coming, but not wholesale rewrite
Nov 16, 2022 5:55 PM - Changes may yet come to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform before its Jan. 1 effective date, but some of its major proponents in the General Assembly said the results of the Nov. 8 election have signified that the ship has sailed drastic amendments to it. -
New leader hopes to bring balance to state House GOP
Nov 16, 2022 4:54 PM - State Rep. Tony McCombie said Wednesday that her top priority when she becomes the next House minority leader will be to rebuild the GOP caucus following last week's elections that were, for Republicans, a disappointment.
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