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What to know ahead of next week’s budget address

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker’s second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state budget to lawmakers in the General Assembly. But while a governor’s proposal usually provides the framework for the state’s annual spending plan, it rarely makes it through the General Assembly untouched by lawmakers who have their own spending priorities. The monthslong negotiating process involves dozens of budget hearings and behind-closed-doors meetings, eventually culminating in the […]

February 8, 2023 71

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Illinois COVID-19 disaster proclamation ends in May
State emergency orders will end in tandem with national public health emergency

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday. That’s the same day President Joe Biden will end the national public health emergency, which just passed the three-year mark last week. The White House announced the May 11 end date on Monday. Pritzker had declared a public health emergency two days before the […]

February 2, 2023 91

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New year to bring new laws in Illinois
Elimination of cash bail one of many changes taking effect

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state’s criminal justice system – the elimination of cash bail. It’s an issue that dominated the 2022 campaigns and has been both praised and criticized on editorial pages in newspapers across the state. It essentially means that starting Jan. 1, the decision as to whether a criminal suspect should be held in jail while […]

December 25, 2022 3

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Illinois pension debt grows to $139.7 billion
All five pension funds saw losses in FY 2022

Unfunded liabilities in Illinois' five pension funds grew 7.5 percent, to $139.7 billion, in the fiscal year that ended June 30. SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois’ unfunded pension liability grew by $9.8 billion, or 7.5 percent, in the fiscal year that ended June 30, due in large part to market losses in a volatile economy. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability reported Thursday that the total unfunded liability in the state’s five pension funds reached a total of […]

December 10, 2022 8

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Illinois election board certifies 2022 results
Mendoza is top Democratic vote-getter

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pictured at a Democratic campaign event in Springfield earlier this year. She received the most votes of any statewide candidate in this year's election. SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois State Board of Elections certified its election results Monday, putting the final stamp on another Democratic sweep of statewide offices. The board reported that 4,142,642 out of 8,115,751 registered voters cast ballots in the election, a turnout of roughly 51 percent. That’s down from […]

December 6, 2022 1

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McCombie to take reins of House GOP caucus
Savanna Republican says finding ‘balance,’ honing message are top priorities

House Minority Leader-elect Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) speaks at a news conference in her soon-to-be office once she officially assumes the GOP leadership title in the 103rd General Assembly in January. SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – State Rep. Tony McCombie said Wednesday that her top priority when she becomes the next House minority leader will be to rebuild the GOP caucus following last week’s elections that were, for Republicans, a disappointment. “The top priority is to bring balance to the Republican […]

November 17, 2022 5

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Illinois to reduce federal unemployment debt by $450 million
Low unemployment has allowed for payment from trust fund balance

Gov. JB Pritzker announces a plan Tuesday for the state to pay down $450 million of its outstanding $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt to the federal government. SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through an infusion of unemployment-related revenues. The trust fund is the pool of money paid into by employers to provide a social safety net for unemployed […]

September 28, 2022 2

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Pritzker talks session timeline, programs, spending
Gun, abortion-related bills could wait until new year, depending on lawmaker support

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – In a series of downstate news conferences coinciding with the Illinois State Fair, Gov. JB Pritzker this week gave an update on the possibility of a special session, outlined new state infrastructure investments, and announced a new program for some Illinoisans over age 55. While the governor quickly announced he would call a special session after the landmark Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade was overturned in June, lawmakers have thus far not scheduled any […]

August 16, 2022 1

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Illinois general revenues top $50 billion for first time
Pandemic-driven windfalls not expected to last long into current year

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – State tax revenues grew by $5.5 billion in the fiscal year that concluded on June 30, exceeding $50 billion for the first time in Illinois’ history, according to a new report from a state budgeting agency. The 12 percent base revenue growth in Fiscal Year 2022 gave lawmakers near-unprecedented flexibility in the current budget year. That allowed the General Assembly to approve $1.8 billion in tax relief, pay $500 million more to state pensions than […]

July 8, 2022 1

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Capitol News Illinois

What to know ahead of next week’s budget address

Illinois COVID-19 disaster proclamation ends in May
State emergency orders will end in tandem with national public health emergency

State emergency orders will end in tandem with national public health emergency

New year to bring new laws in Illinois
Elimination of cash bail one of many changes taking effect

Elimination of cash bail one of many changes taking effect

Illinois pension debt grows to $139.7 billion
All five pension funds saw losses in FY 2022

All five pension funds saw losses in FY 2022

Illinois election board certifies 2022 results
Mendoza is top Democratic vote-getter

Mendoza is top Democratic vote-getter

McCombie to take reins of House GOP caucus
Savanna Republican says finding ‘balance,’ honing message are top priorities

Savanna Republican says finding ‘balance,’ honing message are top priorities

Pritzker talks session timeline, programs, spending
Gun, abortion-related bills could wait until new year, depending on lawmaker support

Gun, abortion-related bills could wait until new year, depending on lawmaker support

Illinois general revenues top $50 billion for first time
Pandemic-driven windfalls not expected to last long into current year

Pandemic-driven windfalls not expected to last long into current year

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