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Illinois Quick Hits: Comptroller Mendoza announces run for Chicago mayor
(The Center Square) – Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is running for mayor of Chicago. …
Bill loosens in-state tuition requirements
(The Center Square) – Some students from outside the Land of Lincoln may soon pay in-state tuition at Illinois public…
Illinois Quick Hits: Nine arrested during Naperville teen gathering
(The Center Square) – Naperville Police say they arrested nine people and issued almost three dozen citations after large groups…
Pritzker housing proposal partly stalls amid overreach concerns from localities
(The Center Square) – Though the entire affordable housing initiative from Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn’t make it through the General…
Swipe fee battle continues after delay, court ruling
(The Center Square) – Illinois is still waiting to benefit from a law promised to generate hundreds of millions of…
$45M included in budget for previously unfunded property tax relief
(The Center Square) – Included in the recently passed state budget, the Illinois State Board of Education will get money…
Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker signs two bills
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed two new laws into effect. House Bill 4154 changes pharmacy licensure…
Judge says federal rule blocks Illinois from banning ‘swipe fees’
Federal law blocks the state of Illinois from prohibiting both banks from outside Illinois and payment card servicers, like Visa…
Pritzker touts state spending to cover federal cuts in passed budget
(The Center Square) – Just hours after the state’s General Assembly wrapped its spring session, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker appeared…
Illinois lawmakers give raises to diversity commissioners they criticized
(The Center Square) -- State lawmakers failed to reform the Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion this legislative session despite…
Taxpayer risk cited after Bears stadium bill stalls
(The Center Square) – Chicago Bears stadium legislation is stalled after questions arose about a potentially unpopular tax structure and…
Illinois Quick Hits: General Assembly approves CTE bill
(The Center Square) – A bill offering career technical education classes as an alternative to Illinois’ foreign language mandate is…