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Senate Back In Session for Floor Action on Senate Bills In my last newsletter, I reported that close to 300 Senate Bills passed through a

More Senate Republican measures get a green light during busy week in Springfield Though thousands of bills were filed this year in the Illinois General

Committee Deadline for Senate Bills Approaches The Senate returns to Springfield this week with an eye on the March 10 deadline for Senate Bills to

On March 14, the Illinois Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on whether the no-cash bail provision of the SAFE-T Act is constitutional. In

Governor Proposes $3 Billion Spending Increase During Budget Address On Feb. 15, Gov. JB Pritzker proposed his fifth budget to the Illinois General Assembly during

Income from Pritzker’s Election-Year Tax Rebate Checks Not Federally Taxed, IRS Announces The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now telling Illinois taxpayers to go ahead

COVID-19 Disaster Declarations to End May 11 Gov. JB Pritzker announced this week that he will finally be ending his continued COVID-19 disaster declarations on

Wilcox Takes Oath of Office for 103rd General Assembly It’s nice to be back after a brief holiday break and the reorganization of the Senate