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3 days ago · Illinois state senators pass what is set to be largest budget in state's history 02:10. Illinois state Sen. Sue Rezin, (R-Morris), said she was deeply disappointed in the budget - which sets a ...
4 days ago · Lawmakers in the Illinois Senate celebrate late on May 26, 2024, after passing a budget. (Jerry Nowicki / Capitol News Illinois) Two days after the General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn its spring session, Democrats in the Illinois Senate advanced a $53.1 billion budget to the House Sunday night, where leaders expect it to pass without changes.
2 days ago · The budget passed by the Senate also includes House Bill 5290, which would create a so-called Medical Debt Relief Program. The program would wipe out medical debt for an estimated 340,000 Illinois ...
3 days ago · -- The Illinois House has taken up the state budget Tuesday after the Senate approved the $53.1 billion plan. Gov. JB Pritzker got most of what he asked for on his budget wish list, which included ...
2 days ago · The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991.
7 hours ago · Dick Durbin speaks in support of the DREAM Act. Recorded December 18, 2010. Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served as the ...
1 day ago · Updated 1:35 PM PDT, May 29, 2024. SPRINGRFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly has adopted a $53.1 billion state budget for the year that begins July 1, but it took the House until the break of dawn on Wednesday to get it done. Constitutional requirements that legislation be read publicly over three days before a vote is held and ...
