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One proposed constitutional amendment imposing a 3% tax on millionaires would yield $1,500 checks to property owners. Another would divvy up proceeds between schools and property tax relief. An early May deadline looms to get a plan before voters this fall.
The proposed bipartisan Illinois Epstein Files Investigation Commission would have subpoena power to probe crimes tied to the late financier that “happened in Illinois, targeted Illinois residents or involved people and institutions subject to Illinois law,” state Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid says.
In a letter to the State Department, the governor mentioned “immediate actions” he wants in place to help U.S. citizens, including a public commitment to use charter flights, military aircraft or both to assist Americans trying to leave the region.
A Clinton spokesman also characterized that testimony as erroneous, but that didn’t stop the GOP — and even impeached ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — from lighting up social media about the disclosure.
A partial plan to help the NFL franchise move to Arlington Heights moved out of a House committee Thursday. But its legislative prospects are in question after City Hall withheld support and kept pushing for at least $630 million in infrastructure and Soldier Field renovation concessions.
In his annual State of the State address, Pritzker, a likely 2028 presidential contender, denounced the “cruelty and rage” of the Trump administration while highlighting affordability issues just like other Democrats nationwide.
Nearly 2 million Illinoisans with non-violent criminal histories could have their records sealed automatically under a new state law enacted by Gov. JB Pritzker aimed at giving past offenders a second chance.
Four Republican candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to challenge two-term Gov. JB Pritzker in November. They face an uphill battle against a billionaire Democrat in a state that has shifted more and more blue over the past decade.
Lawmakers set a 2027 goal to fund at least 90% of each school’s state funding needs, though it is $5 billion short with just a year to go.
In two letters sent to President Donald Trump last year, Gov. JB Pritzker said the intense rainfall overwhelmed Chicago’s sewer system on the Southwest Side as well as in Cicero and other suburbs, hurting many “economically vulnerable” residents.
The initiative, called “Ride Safe, Ride Smart, Ride Ready,” seeks to expand safety education and address Illinois’ archaic bike laws, which currently don’t address some of the fastest e-bikes.