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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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Illinois Quick Hits: Madigan On Tape, Former Mayor Pleads Guilty, Automated Contract Tracing Starts Soon
The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are teaming up for a seatbelt enforcement campaign.
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Film Tax Credit Aims To Spur Movie Production In Illinois
An already-thriving film and television show industry in Illinois will get an additional boost in July from taxpayers.
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Illinois Gas Stations Sue Over Pump Sticker Requirement Announcing Delayed Tax Hike
Gas stations that refuse to post the stickers are fined $500 per day.
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Pritzker Signs 'Too Young To Test' Bill Into Law
The measure prohibits the Illinois State Board of Education from requiring students in second grade and younger to take standardized tests.
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Illinois Quick Hits: ACLU Critical Of Chicago's Curfew, Illinois Blocks Carvana, DEI Course To Be Required At SIU
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.
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Wirepoints: Illinois Property Tax Bills Have Grown 268 Percent Since 1990
Average home values have grown more than 110 percent.
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Illinois Officials Announce Hotline For Baby Formula Questions Amid Nationwide Shortage
“We will continue to do everything possible to safeguard access to safe, nutritious formula.”
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State Program Assists Farmers With Mental Health Issues
The Farm Family Resource Initiative gives farmers a way to connect to health resources.
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Illinois Primaries The Most Competitive Since 1998
The Illinois Policy Institute projects that 4.3 million Illinoisans will cast votes during this year's elections.
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Pritzker Announces $11 Million In Funds For Family Planning Services
The funding will go toward the Illinois Department of Public Health to better support access to Title X services.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Special Session To Cap Gas Sales Tax Urged, Evanston Schools Require Masks, 'Sixteen Candles' House For Sale
The governor’s office has officially moved out of the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
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Illinois Welcomes Back Monarch Butterflies
The Illinois Monarch Project created more than 80,000 acres of monarch-friendly habitat in 2017.
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Pritzker Signs More Than 125 Bills Impacting Elections, Firearms, School Lunch, Electric Motorcycles And More
A signing ceremony was held Friday for a new bill to combat retail theft.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Chicago A Top Casino Market, Former Gaming Official Guilty Of Disorderly Conduct
Motorists in Illinois may not be required to display a front license plate under a proposed law.
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Illinois Supreme Court Hears Arguments About Back Pay For Former State Lawmakers
Assistant Attorney General Richard Huszagh said the court should deny the $175,000 back pay claim awarded by a lower court.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Biden Visiting, No Cash Bail Concerns, Fatal Daytime Gang Violence
The president will speak at the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers convention before attending a fundraiser for the DNC.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Fallen Deputy Honored, Political Donations Lining Up, Warmer Than Usual
The state will get a taste of summer this week as temperatures are expected to be well above normal.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Raoul Wants Student Debt Canceled, Boeing Moving Out, Biden To Visit Chicago
President Biden will visit next week to attend the 40th International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Convention.
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Republican Governor Candidates Worry Illinois To Become 'Mecca' For Midwest Abortions
“Illinois is gonna be the Midwest destination, abortion capital destination of the country," Jesse Sullivan said.
