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Central Illinois economic development leaders join Pritzker on Mexican trade mission
on March 30, 2025 at 12:24 pm(25News Now) – The Peoria area and McLean County are represented on a trade mission to Mexico led by Gov. JB Pritzker, who hopes to strengthen ties across the southern border even as the Trump administration imposes tariffs on Mexican products.About 70 leaders from the public and private sector are joining the governor, including Chris Setti, CEO and founding partner of the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, and Patrick Hoban, CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development […]
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Opinion: Illinois bill undermines homeschooling families like mine – Chicago Tribune
on March 30, 2025 at 12:17 pmA new homeschooling bill in Illinois places families under suspicion, threatening legal action for missing a filing deadline … housing support for …
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Faith leaders: Millions of Illinoisans with criminal records deserve a clean slate
on March 30, 2025 at 10:33 amIllinois has a process for sealing certain records after individuals meet strict requirements. But the process is broken.
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Editorial: Springfield missed another opportunity to cut red tape and get Illinoisans back to work
on March 30, 2025 at 10:33 amIllinois still has among the highest unemployment rates in the country. We need to get bad regulations out of the way.
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Illinois is a state where effective government ideas go to die
on March 30, 2025 at 9:45 amIn other words, the legislation would not have abolished township government, just downsized it.
At least that’s what one might suspect when politically influential township officials get on the horn and warn/threaten legislators of the consequences of any changes, however slight. -
Illinois bill to cut young student expulsions and suspensions
on March 30, 2025 at 1:28 amA bill in the Illinois house would keep public schools from expelling and suspending very young students. House Bill 3772 ensures early childhood programs receiving state funds restrict suspensions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports preschoolers are suspended and expelled three times more than the average elementary school kid, mostly affecting children […]
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Illinois lawmakers push to lower medical cannabis tax with new bill
on March 29, 2025 at 10:02 pmIllinois lawmakers have proposed a bill that would change the tax code to recognize cannabis as prescription and nonprescription medicine and drugs, as long as a buyer purchases it from a dispensary and has a medical cannabis card.
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Illinois’ rainy-day fund, emergency reserves lowest in country
on March 29, 2025 at 4:33 pm(The Center Square) – With barely two weeks of reserves in its rainy day fund, new data from Pew Research shows Illinois now ranks last among all 50 s…
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Eye On Illinois: From tragedy, Tampico woman finds a life of political advocacy
on March 29, 2025 at 3:00 pm‘If you really care about something and you want to be heard, there’s going to be someone who’ll listen to you.’
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Different cities, same headaches: Derelict state properties a drag on Illinois communities
on March 29, 2025 at 11:33 amThe closure also left a “gaping hole” in community mental health services, McNamara said, with the city taking up a half-cent sales tax several years …
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