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Bill Requires Insurers In Illinois To Cover Prostate Cancer Screenings
The bill was sponsored by State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), who is a prostate cancer survivor.

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The bill was sponsored by State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), who is a prostate cancer survivor.

The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are teaming up for a seatbelt enforcement campaign.
An already-thriving film and television show industry in Illinois will get an additional boost in July from taxpayers.
Gas stations that refuse to post the stickers are fined $500 per day.
The measure prohibits the Illinois State Board of Education from requiring students in second grade and younger to take standardized tests.
Plus: there are only three states in the country with an average gas price per gallon under four dollars, and Illinois isn’t one of them.
Average home values have grown more than 110 percent.
“We will continue to do everything possible to safeguard access to safe, nutritious formula.”
The Farm Family Resource Initiative gives farmers a way to connect to health resources.
The Illinois Policy Institute projects that 4.3 million Illinoisans will cast votes during this year's elections.
The funding will go toward the Illinois Department of Public Health to better support access to Title X services.
The governor’s office has officially moved out of the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
The Illinois Monarch Project created more than 80,000 acres of monarch-friendly habitat in 2017.
A signing ceremony was held Friday for a new bill to combat retail theft.
Motorists in Illinois may not be required to display a front license plate under a proposed law.
Assistant Attorney General Richard Huszagh said the court should deny the $175,000 back pay claim awarded by a lower court.
The president will speak at the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers convention before attending a fundraiser for the DNC.
The state will get a taste of summer this week as temperatures are expected to be well above normal.
President Biden will visit next week to attend the 40th International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Convention.
“Illinois is gonna be the Midwest destination, abortion capital destination of the country," Jesse Sullivan said.