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Bills call for modernizing FOID, CCL systems
SPRINGFIELD – A bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing legislation that seeks to modernize the way the Illinois State Police processes and issues Firearm...
Pritzker urges schools to focus COVID relief funds
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker took to the road Monday to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion...
Human service agencies make case for funding increases
SPRINGFIELD – State agencies that serve Illinois seniors and children in state care pleaded their cases Friday for increased funding in next fiscal year’s...
New jobless claims fall sharply as unemployment rate drops
SPRINGFIELD – First-time unemployment claims fell sharply last week as both the state and national economies have begun gradually reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
Pritzker signs economic equity package
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of four bills Tuesday that made up the “economic access, equity and opportunity” pillar of the...
Illinois to expand vaccine eligibility ahead of April 12 universal rollout
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday that more groups of people will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of...