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“Chicken bill” heading to Governor’s desk to ease restrictions on small poultry farmers

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is heading to the governor. Under a measure dubbed the “chicken bill,” farmers who process fewer than 7,500 birds annually would be exempt from state and federal inspections of their poultry operations or from having to send birds to USDA-approved processing facilities — an increase from the previous […]

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Capitol News Illinois to expand operations

News outlet entering fifth year covering state government

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Capitol News Illinois will significantly expand its operations as it enters the fifth year of operations in 2023 because of a significant grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. The McCormick Foundation has announced a three-year, $2 million investment in Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit news organization that provides daily coverage of state government and is operated by the Illinois Press Foundation. The CNI grant is one of four being announced by the McCormick Foundation, […]

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