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Peoria residents addressed Illinois lawmakers during a hearing Monday about potential funding for infrastructure projects through a proposed capital bill.

While lawmakers and industry experts agree that legislation is needed to drive interest in Illinois manufacturing careers, the impact of the governor’s progressive-tax proposal on the state’s economy stands to threaten whatever forward momentum can be achieved.

Chicago attorney Shorge Sato is not convinced that mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot’s plan to tax large law and accounting firms as a way of generating funds for the cash-strapped city is the best idea.

On March 28, 2019, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC), in conjunction with the Illinois State Police District 18, conducted 23 underage compliance check(s).

Illinois’ steadily rising outmigration numbers may not tell the whole story about the state’s declining population.

After House and Senate Democrats sent SB 1596 to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce is petitioning the governor to veto the Workers’ Compensation reform bill.

Supporters for the legal cannabis industry in Illinois held a press conference Monday to fight for these businesses' rights to utilize the services of banks and credit unions.

Illinois’ standing in the national business community would only continue its downward spiral under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive-tax system, according to the latest findings of the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index.

Unemployment Rate Holds Steady

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Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is urging newly elected Gov. J.B. Pritzker to be a man of his word where it concerns the state’s long-troubled pension system.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed his budget on Wednesday, calling it fair and balanced.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill to change the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour on Tuesday at a press conference. It will increase to $9.25 beginning Jan. 1 and gradually increase over each of the next five years.

The Senate GOP held a press conference Tuesday about the closing of the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook last week.

While state Democrat lawmakers were determined to move forward on one of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s biggest campaign promises – raising the minimum wage– Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA), said he steeled himself to do all he could to soften the blow.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. EPA are at odds regarding the shutdown of portions of Sterigenics in Willowbrook.

The House Labor and Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to send a bill to raising the minimum wage in the state to $15 per hour over six years to the House of Representatives, which approved it on Thursday.

Legislation in the Illinois House to impose a 1 percent assessment on health insurance claims probably will not pass, and it should not, an Illinois Chamber of Commerce official said during a recent interview.

The Illinois Republican Party is calling out Gov. J.B. Pritzker on his claim that he compromised with GOP lawmakers to raise the state's minimum wage, a claim the GOP said this week is not true.