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Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)

Hancock: Budget vote brings General Assembly’s 2023 spring session to a close

May 27, 2023 7:57 am|

House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD –…

Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, is pictured on the House floor Thursday during debate on a bill that would require constitutional lawsuits against the state to be filed in Cook or Sangamon County. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Hancock & Meisel: Lawmakers OK bill to limit constitutional lawsuits to Cook, Sangamon County

May 26, 2023 10:00 am|

Democrats accuse plaintiffs of ‘venue shopping’ in suits challenging COVID-19 orders, weapons ban By PETER HANCOCK & HANNAH…

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Meisel: State report: Catholic churches harbored hundreds more abusers than previously disclosed

May 25, 2023 11:15 pm|

Attorney general closes out 4.5-year investigation into abuse at hands of Catholic clerics in Illinois By HANNAH MEISEL…

Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, is pictured on the Senate floor Wednesday. He is the sponsor of a bill aimed at improving soil health. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Adams & Schoonover: UPDATED: Environmental bills seek to improve soil health, ban state use of polystyrene foam containers

May 25, 2023 10:40 am|

Advocates have mixed feelings on legislature’s environmental action this year By ANDREW ADAMS & NIKA SCHOONOVER Capitol News…

Gov. JB Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch and Senate President Don Harmon appear for a rare joint news conference on Wednesday in the Capitol to announce a budget framework for next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Nowicki, Meisel & Hancock: Top Democrats announce budget ‘deal,’ but details are scant as last-minute negotiations continue

May 25, 2023 5:32 am|

Senate president ‘hopes’ bill will be finalized in time to head to the Senate Wednesday night By JERRY…

Gov. JB Pritzker, left, and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly couldn't come to a budget agreement as of Friday's scheduled end of the legislative session. House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, center, and Senate President Don Harmon, right, announced that the session will be extended through next week, still well ahead of a May 31 deadline that requires a three-fifths majority vote to pass bills with an immediate effective date. They're pictured at an event in Springfield earlier this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Meisel, Nowicki, Schoonover and Hancock: As leaders extend session with budget unfinished, several sweeping last-minute bills surface

May 21, 2023 8:00 pm|

Cannabis regulation, elections, biometric privacy, ethics measures all filed Friday By HANNAH MEISEL, JERRY NOWICKI, NIKA SCHOONOVER &…

State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, gets a fist bump Wednesday from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul after she passed a measure giving his office authority to sue gun dealers for deceptive marketing practices. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Schoonover & Adams: Victims of ‘deepfake porn’ and ‘doxing’ could have right to sue under pair of bills

May 21, 2023 9:43 am|

Bills moving unanimously amid concerns from ACLU of Illinois By NIKA SCHOONOVER & ANDREW ADAMS nschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.com aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD…

Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is pictured during floor debate of a measure that would allow state courts to award punitive damages in wrongful death lawsuits. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)

Meisel: Dems move to allow punitive damage awards in wrongful death lawsuits

May 20, 2023 2:36 pm|

Illinois would join 34 other states, but business groups claim move will increase costs By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol…

Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate Thursday during debate over her bill that would allow optional all-gender bathrooms at businesses and public institutions in the state. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)

Hancock: UPDATED: Optional all-gender bathrooms bill will head to governor

May 20, 2023 9:29 am|

Debate becomes contentious as Republican senator says it will lead to violence By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois…

071914: Lukeville, AZ - A 45-year-old Mexican national male was arrested Saturday at the Port of Lukeville in connection with a failed weapons smuggling attempt. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers performing outgoing inspections referred Mario Munoz, of Ajo, Arizona, for additional inspection of the Chrysler sedan he was driving. During the inspection, officers located two AK-47 assault rifles and a pair of empty ammunition magazines within the vehicle’s dashboard. The weapons, magazines and vehicle were processed for seizure. Munoz was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. Photo provided by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection Public domain

Hancock: State Supreme Court weighs assault weapons ban

May 19, 2023 9:31 am|

Case centers on narrow questions of Illinois state constitution By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD –…

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