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ANALYSIS: Pritzker urges ‘careful’ approach as current-year surplus ...
WEBDec 15, 2023 — The bottom line from the five-year forecast from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget: The current fiscal year is now projected to end with a $1.4 billion surplus, while the upcoming fiscal year 2025 is projected to face an $891 million deficit. Read the report:2023 Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report.
What’s in the SAFE-T Act? A look at the 2021 criminal justice …
WEBMay 18, 2022 — By GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Amid a campaign season in which every constitutional office and seat in the Illinois General Assembly will be up for vote, rising crime and a landmark criminal justice reform passed in 2021 have become dominant topics for Republicans trying to loosen Democrats’ hold on state government. The Safety ...
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WEBCase of former AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan heads to jury. Tuesday, September 17, 2024. A federal jury in Chicago is deliberating the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of bribing powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Read more.
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WEBJC Dart WEB ADMINISTRATOR – JC joined CNI in 2023, bringing with her two decades of expertise in data analytics, web design, and website administration. Videographer & Editor. Andrew Campbell VIDEOGRAPHER & EDITOR – Andrew has been working as a photojournalist since 2017. He started at Newschannel 20 in …
Smart Start preschool expansion ahead of schedule in first fiscal year
WEBJan 18, 2024 — By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] An early childhood education program championed by Gov. JB Pritzker is ahead of schedule when it comes to increasing access to preschool in Illinois. The Smart Start program passed last May as part of the state’s operating budget, which allocated $250 million to expand early childhood education programs, including wage ...
Peter Hancock | Statehouse Reporter
WEBSTATEHOUSE REPORTER Peter was one of the founding reporters with Capitol News Illinois. He came to Springfield after many years working in Topeka, Kansas, where he covered the Kansas statehouse and other beats. He began his reporting career in 1989 at a small county weekly newspaper and has worked …
COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid …
WEBJul 27, 2023 — By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with much of it paid to fraudulent claimants, according to a comprehensive new audit. Included in that sum was $6 million paid to 481 dead people and $40.5 million in unemployment checks ...
Pritzker names Sen. Ann Gillespie new head of state insurance …
WEBApr 9, 2024 — SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a change in leadership at the agency in charge of regulating the state’s insurance industry. State Sen. Ann Gillespie, D-Arlington Heights, will take over as acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance starting April 15, replacing Dana Popish Severinghaus, who has held the job ...
Disparately resourced public defenders prepare for the end of …
WEBSep 15, 2023 — By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature — a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a progressive faction of the Democratic Party that’s grown increasingly powerful in recent years. The reform goes into effect after nearly three years ...
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