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Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) launched $6 million in funding for the Energy Transition Navigators Program as part of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) this week. The program will establish a network of community-based providers across the state offering community education, outreach, and recruitment services to encourage priority populations to participate in CEJA clean energy workforce and contractor development programs.

Congressional Record publishes “CLOTURE MOTION” in the Senate section on June 15

By Prairie State Wire | Jun 17, 2023

“CLOTURE MOTION“ was published in the Senate section on pages S2117-S2118 on June 15

Congressional Record publishes “Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” in the Senate section on June 15

By Prairie State Wire | Jun 17, 2023

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” on June 15.

GOP: Taxes, economic performance 'have made the state unlivable to anyone who isn’t a Democrat billionaire governor’

The Illinois Republican Party is criticizing the economic performance of J.B. Pritzker’s governorship.

Week of June 3: 101 people in 25-44 age group are estimated to have died in Illinois

By Prairie State Wire | Jun 17, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 101 people in the 25-44 age group died during the week ending June 3.

Durbin, Boyle Introduce Bicameral Legislation To End Cycle Of Republican Default Brinkmanship

After Republicans manufactured another near catastrophic default crisis, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-02) introduced the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, legislation to permanently end the weaponization of the debt ceiling while protecting Congress’s oversight responsibilities.

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Two Circuit Court Nominations To Full Senate

.On June 8, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance two circuit court nominations to the full Senate: Judges Ana de Alba to the Ninth Circuit and Irma Carrillo Ramirez to the Fifth Circuit.

Durbin Statement On Trump Indictment By The Justice Department In Classified Documents Case

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Department of Justice on his alleged mishandling of classified documents he took when leaving office and then obstructing the government’s efforts to reclaim them.

IDNR announces 2023 schedule of waterfowl blind site drawings

By John Kraft & Kirk Allen, Edgar County Watchdogs | Jun 17, 2023

Waterfowl hunters are encouraged to mark their calendars for the upcoming waterfowl hunting blind drawings that will take place at numerous public hunting areas throughout Illinois in July and August.

Attorney General Raoul Calls For Stronger Federal Privacy Protections For Reproductive Health Data

Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, advocated for stronger federal protections for patients’ reproductive health information.

Pritzker Administration Launches Home Illinois Anti-Homelessness Initiative

Governor JB Pritzker, together with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and members of the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, hosted the inaugural Home Illinois Summit at Malcolm X College today in Chicago. The summit, which brought together community leaders, and experts to discuss potential solutions and strategies, served as a launch for major next steps in the Home Illinois plan, a multi-year holistic approach to reach "functional zero" homelessness in the state.

Illinois drivers will be paying at least 45.5 cents in taxes per gallon of gas by Fourth of July weekend, among the highest in the nation

Illinois residents will likely see the second spike in gas price taxes this year starting in July, making the state one of the most expensive places to buy gas in the country.

“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 14

The Congressional Record published “Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” in the Senate section on June 14.

“CLOTURE MOTION” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 13

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “CLOTURE MOTION” on June 13.

Illinois pauses immigrant adult health benefits enrollment amid budget constraints

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) in Springfield has announced new rules for the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) and Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIS) programs. These changes are based on the authority granted by Senate Bill 1298, which was recently passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor.

“CLOTURE MOTION” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 14

“CLOTURE MOTION” was published on pages S2093-S2094 of the Congressional Record on June 14.

Durbin Calls On His Colleagues To Support Bipartisan Package Of Bills To Protect Kids From Online Sexual Exploitation

.In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged his colleagues to support a package of bipartisan bills that aim to stop the exploitation of children online.

Durbin, Warnock Statement On Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) today released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters and violated theVoting Rights Act.

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met April 13

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Jun 16, 2023

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met Thursday, April 13

Durbin Joins Schatz, Pocan To Reintroduce Legislation To End Student Loan Debt Crisis