Illinois State Senate
Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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From Prairie State Wire
Bill allowing medical marijuana to be administered on school grounds awaits Rauner's signature
If Gov. Bruce Rauner signs off on HB4870, medical marijuana can be administered on school grounds.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP Senators say enough is enough with graduated income tax proposal
Seven Republicans took the podium at an impromptu press conference to reject yet another Democrat imposed tax hike.
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From West Central Reporter
McCann calls for public health director's resignation during hearing on Quincy Legionnaires' outbreak
Sen. William "Sam" McCann (R-Plainview) called for the resignation of Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav Shah earlier this week during a Senate-House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the Legionnaires disease outbreak at the Quincy Veterans Home.
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Butler praises bipartisan work on school funding reform law
The state’s new education funding reform law, ironed out through bipartisan compromise, stands in stark contrast to the more one-sided state budget that passed earlier this summer, Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) said in a recent press release.
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Sangamon County taxpayers to pay an extra $47M with passage of tax hike law
Sangamon County taxpayers will see a total of $47 million in state income tax increases after SB 9, a tax hike measure, passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate to become law.
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Senate rushes votes on budget bills
On Independence Day, the Senate approved three bills that would increase taxes and provide $36 billion in spending for Illinois.
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Sangamon County taxpayers would pay an extra $47M if Democrats’ tax hike becomes law
Sangamon County taxpayers would see a total of $47 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.
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Senate urged to scrap proposed one-year spending cap
The one-year spending cap the Illinois Senate put in its “grand bargain” budget is a halfhearted, ineffective attempt at greater fiscal responsibility that panders to disgruntled taxpayers, a public policy group claims.
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Illinois families eye out-of-state college options to balance budgets
Families in Illinois looking to send their children to schools in the state face a financial crisis as tuition costs become impossible to pay.
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NRA issues call to arms against anti-gun measures
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is calling for a blitz against bills that it says would sharply curtail legal firearms possession that will be presented in judiciary hearings in the Illinois General Assembly today.
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Obama connection to Chicago props up Illinois politics as usual, communications director says
For better or worse, Chicago informed former President Barack Obama at least as much as Obama informed Chicago, a communications director for a Chicago-area political group said during a radio broadcast.
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Rauner must veto proposed budget compromise, activist says
While the vote on an apparently bipartisan proposed budget deal is expected in the Illinois State Senate next week, Illinois' Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner can't agree to it, the cofounder of a political group said during a recent radio broadcast.
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With no vote on Grand Bargain, GOP state senators speak out
The state of Illinois' debt grows by $11 million a day while lawmakers try to break a nearly two-year budget impasse.
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Hughes: Radogno's poor showing in Grand Bargain should cost her leadership post
The framers of the Grand Bargain budgetary deal that's being slowly hammered out in Springfield, especially the Senate Republican leader, received sharp criticism from the co-founder of a Chicago-based conservative group during a recent talk radio show.
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Economist presses Rauner to speak out against tax hike proposals
With Illinois facing a "death spiral," noted economist Brian Wesbury cannot understand why Gov. Bruce Rauner hasn’t spoken out against recent talk of an added tax hike, which he believes would exacerbate the issue.
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In face of criticism, Cullerton continues to push for 'grand bargain' budget deal
Senate President John Cullerton has put all his colleagues on notice of their call to duty, as his push for a 'grand bargain' solution to Illinois’ nearly two-year budget impasse grows more contentious.
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Higher sales tax to replace ‘opportunity tax’ as part of 'grand bargain' proposal
The 'grand bargain' proposal being pushed as a responsible solution to Illinois’ ongoing budget stalemate now includes provisions calling for higher state sales taxes on everything from food to drugs.
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Pritchard on proposed budget deal: 'It’s beginning to look a little bit like a Christmas tree'
The idea that Senate leaders are proposing a budget plan that would raise the personal income tax rate to at least 4.95 percent -- despite the last tax hike costing the state billions of dollars in lost income -- has troubled many.
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Radogno facing harsh criticism over budget proposal
Illinois Senate leaders had hoped to hold a vote as early as today on a proposed budget plan that would raise the personal income tax rate to at least 4.95 percent, but the complex nature of the deal may stall a vote on the matter.