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County clerks representative raises questions on allowing undocumented immigrants to vote in school board elections
During the Illinois Senate hearing on a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to vote in school board elections, Tom Bride, of the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders, expressed some of his organization's concerns.
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CWLP's Brown: 'We definitely don't need energy legislation that adds serious risk' to the downstate electric grid
City Water Light and Power (CWLP) chief utility engineer Doug Brown fears what could become of the downstate area if an agreement on an energy policy that includes a multimillion-dollar bailout for nuclear power plants has no chance of happening.
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Turner works to "encourage students" by having agriculture classes count toward college admission requirements
State Sen. Doris Turner's (D-Carlinville) push to make agricultural science classes count toward state university admissions requirements has cleared one hurdle with a unanimous vote in the Illinois Senate.
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Rezin: 'Witness after witness has been critical of the lack of transparency in this process'
A Logan County-area Republican activist sees the recent redistricting hearings as an opportunity for voters to fight for nonpartisan-drawn legislative maps.
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Turner seeks clarification on transparency at redistricting hearing
State Sen. Sally Turner (R-Beason) participated in a recent Senate Redistricting Committee hearing to discussing remapping.
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McConchie eyes spending cuts as lawmakers prepare for Springfield return
Illinois’ long troubled finances will be front and center when lawmakers reconvene in Springfield this month.
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Republicans tell Pritzker that HB3653 "goes too far"
Senate Republicans continue to urge Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto H.B. 3653 which has already been submitted to his desk for his consideration.
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McClure says lawmakers need to get back to Springfield and 'come up with a plan'
State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) wants to see Springfield do what he thinks it desperately needs to do in the fight against COVID-19.
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McClure: 'General Assembly needs to have a voice in' Pritzker's coronavirus restrictions
State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) thinks Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s uneven response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come at a steep cost.
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McClure says state's economy after coronavirus should 'concern all of us'
State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) is as focused as he’s ever been on making sure what he feels is most critically needed quickly comes to Springfield.
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Sen. McClure says bill to help teachers in private schools transfer to public ones will help shortage
A bill aimed at making it easier to recruit teachers for the state’s public school system is now under consideration in the House after unanimously breezing through the Senate.
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From Prairie State Wire
Republican lawmakers disappointed in governor's budget proposal
Illinois Republicans were disappointed after hearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal last week
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From West Central Reporter
Pritzker's progressive income tax will drive out more from Illinois, 'especially job creators,' says Sen. McClure
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) wonders why taxpayers should believe anything would be different about the state's next tax increase.
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From Peoria Standard
Senate GOP leader Brady has kind parting words for Sen. Cullerton
Illinois State Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is singing the praises of outgoing Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago).
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From Metro East Sun
Sen. McClure speaks out against sentencing bill
A bill that would amend the Unified Code of Corrections failed in the Senate last week and was placed on postponed consideration.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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From South Central Illinois News
Manar wins 48th Senate District race
Democrat Andy Manar has been declared the winner in the 48th Senate District race against Republican Seth McMillan.
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From SE Illinois News
Righter and House GOP members question Firearms Restraining Order Act
Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) and some state representatives had a slew questions during a new firearm act debate.
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From South Cook News
Brady renames overpass in honor of fallen Burbank police officer
Burbank Police Officer Patrick Michael Righi-Barnard will never be forgotten if state Sen. William Brady (R-Bloomington) has anything to do with it.
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From Prairie State Wire
Several GOP lawmakers reject bill that would prevent state from reversing local districts' denial of charter schools
Allowing local school districts to deny charter school applications is not ideal, according to three GOP lawmakers.