Illinois
Recent News About Illinois
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Pritzker made the state the ‘most welcoming’ to illegal immigrants in 2021: ‘The humanitarian crisis is overwhelming our ability to provide aid to the refugee population’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker begs federal government for money to address illegal immigrant crisis as he calls the move by Texas to bus illegal immigrants to Illinois a ‘dehumanizing attempt to score political points.”
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Pritzker: Access to animated pornography allows Illinois children to see ‘different perspectives’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is celebrating disallowing local control over what books are located in public schools and libraries.
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2019: Local elections throughout Illinois could change political landscape
Recently concluded midterm elections brought to the fore the important roles played by "down ballot" elected officers in the state's municipalities. Throughout the state, 2019 will see a spate of elections for local candidates including mayors, council members, aldermen, trustees, treasurers and clerks.
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Pending workers comp bill will dramatically spike litigation, lawyer says
Eugene Keefe argues that Senate Bill 904 lurks as an ever-greater disaster waiting to happen in relationship to doctors and hospitals across the state being able to get compensated in a timely manner.
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From Chicago City Wire
House committee discusses African-American infant, mother mortality rates
The House Healthcare Availability and Accessibility Committee recently held a hearing regarding the high rates of maternal and infant mortality in the African-American community in Illinois.