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SPRINGFIELD — Insurance provisions of Illinois’ reproductive health care law violates residents’ religious freedoms, a coalition of Baptist churches and two state businesses allege in a circuit court lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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By REBECCA ANZEL | Capitol News Illinois
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6/12/20
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SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a state budget for fiscal year 2021 Wednesday, but there is no more financial clarity now than there was when lawmakers passed the measure last month.
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By JERRY NOWICKI | Capitol News Illinois
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6/11/20
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ attorney general asked Congress in a letter Thursday to grant his office the power to investigate “practices of unconstitutional policing.”
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Jerry Nowicki
Capitol News Illinois
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6/5/20
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SPRINGFIELD — One day after calling up 375 members of the Illinois National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker announced another 250 guardsmen will be activated as he issued disaster proclamations for nine counties amid ongoing protests and riots across the state.
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By JERRY NOWICKI | Capitol News Illinois
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6/2/20
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State Rep. Chris Miller today joined his House Republican colleagues in calling for an audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security to investigate the agency’s numerous failures during the recent coronavirus lockdown.
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6/2/20
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SPRINGFIELD — A peaceful protest organized largely by teenagers drew several hundred people to the Illinois Statehouse on Monday to demonstrate against the recent death of George Floyd in Minnesota and countless other African Americans who have died at the hands of law enforcement throughout the U.S. in recent years.
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By PETER HANCOCK | Capitol News Illinois
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6/2/20
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It comes as Illinois is one of only two states to meet federal COVID-19 guidelines to reopening, according to a ProPublica analysis. New York is the other.
Retail shops, restaurants, barbershops, …
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6/2/20
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“The overwhelming majority of long-term care facilities in Illinois are privately run,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 news conference Thursday in Chicago. “In response to the …
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6/2/20
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SPRINGFIELD – A group of four Republican state representatives is calling for a state audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security to examine a data breach at the agency and its …
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6/2/20
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SPRINGFIELD — A conference call between U.S. governors and Republican President Donald Trump led to the latest in a series of spats between Illinois’ governor and the president Monday.
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By JERRY NOWICKI | Capitol News Illinois
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6/1/20
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