Showing posts with label Legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Legislation. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

End-of-session roundup

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By Jamey Dunn The fast pace of the end of the regular legislative session can make things kind of a blur, and much of the focus tends to f...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

What to watch: legislation edition

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By Jamey Dunn With three weeks left in the regular session lawmakers have plenty of issues to consider. The House is expected to start tak...
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Statehouse roundup

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By Jamey Dunn There was plenty going on at the Statehouse today, and it’s only the first week of April. A House committee approved a bill ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New laws will take effect in 2014

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IDOT Map of highways where the new speed limit will apply. By Jamey Dunn With the new year come new laws in Illinois. Two important ch...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Legislative roundup

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By Meredith Colias  As the legislature faces votes on pension, guns and gaming, lawmakers are also taking up other bills that affect human...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Legislative roundup

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By Jamey Dunn  The Illinois General Assembly had a busy week, as the House worked toward its Friday deadline for final votes on bills that...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Legislator seeks to limit lame-duck sessions

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By Jamey Dunn While supporters of controversial legislation dealing with gun control, pension reform and same sex marriage had little luck...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Legislative roundup

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While comprehensive pension reform and Medicaid reform plans have yet to emerge in the form of legislation, lawmakers did take up several is...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Citizens' initiative may not pass legal muster

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By Jamey Dunn An amendatory veto issued by Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday would allow citizens to present legislation related to campaign finan...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Quinn signs environment and election bills

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By Jamey Dunn After releasing his plan to cut the state budge t last Thursday, Gov. Pat Quinn spent time over the holiday weekend signing bi...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Legislative preview

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By Jamey Dunn The main focus when the Illinois General Assembly reconvenes next week will be working out a budget that lawmakers can find p...

Adult adoptees granted access to birth records

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By Rachel Wells Adopted adults will soon have greater access to their own birth certificates, under a measure signed into law today by Gov....
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Friday, May 07, 2010

Legislative wrapup

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By Rachel Wells University borrowing Under a bill passed today, universities would have the ability to borrow in anticipation of payments fr...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Veto session wrap-up and goodbye

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By Bethany Jaeger This will be my last post as Illinois Issues Statehouse bureau chief. I am moving on to the private sector to be a managem...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Quinn: "This will be a week of reform"

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By Bethany Jaeger The end of August marks a deadline for Gov. Pat Quinn, who has to act on legislation approved by the General Assembly befo...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Budget not the only thing in limbo

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By Hilary Russell Just as the state’s operating budget is in limbo with five days left in the fiscal year, many substantive bills were left...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

House approves recall provision

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By Jamey Dunn, with Hilary Russell contributing Illinois voters could have the chance to vote on whether they want authority to boot the gov...