Illinois General Assembly
Recent News About Illinois General Assembly
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Roll Call: Meyers-Martin votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions
State Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38) on May 31 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Roll Call: Wehrli votes against allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions
State Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-41) on May 31 voted against a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.
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Roll Call: McDermed votes against allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions
State Rep. Margo McDermed (R-37) on May 31 voted against a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.
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Roll Call: Jones votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions
State Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-29) on May 31 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Roll Call: Connor votes for abortion rights bill
Illinois state Rep. John Connor (D-85) on May 28 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.
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Roll Call: Walsh votes against abortion rights bill
Illinois state Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86) on May 28 voted against a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.
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Roll Call: Manley votes for abortion rights bill
Illinois state Rep. Natalie A. Manley (D-98) on May 28 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.
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Roll Call: DeLuca votes for abortion rights bill
Illinois state Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-80) on May 28 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.
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From Prairie State Wire
Ideas Illinois chair: Legislators should release their own tax returns
Greg Baise is desperately trying to make sense of all the tax madness.
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Batinick: Illinois should not follow New York's example
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) does not want to see Illinois become New York.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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Benford target of smear campaign tactics
Alyssia Benford, GOP candidate for a 98th District House seat, is victim of a classic smear campaign by the political machine in Springfield. In addition to robocalls, fictional, near scandalous political mailers from incumbent Rep. Natalie Manley targeting Benford are coming out as well.
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From Illinois Valley Times
Rezin rallies for special needs students who were sent to out-of-district school
Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) never wants to see what happened with a recent school district abandoning special education students occur again.
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From Chambana Sun
Joint Senate and House Higher Education Group touts 'groundbreaking' legislation
After 17 meetings, the Joint Senate and House Higher Education Group is setting new standards for state-funded schools.
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From Prairie State Wire
Bill that would bolster legislative inspector's ability to look into sexual harassment claims sent to Rauner
House majority leader Michael Madigan’s (D-Chicago) chief of staff, head political operative and appointed House leader have stepped down or been fired since being accused of sexual harassment in the past few months, making HB 138 more timely than ever.
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From Illinois Valley Times
Rezin introduces family and friends during Senate floor debate
Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) had some very personal guests with her during the May 30 Senate floor debate.
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From Prairie State Wire
Bill that would give AG more power pulled off House floor
A bill giving Attorney General Lisa Madigan more power was postponed for consideration after only passing by two votes.
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From Rock Island Today
Despite GOP's concerns, gun bill passes Senate
Sen. Neil Anderson (R-Moline) rose during the May 30 Senate floor debate and argued against a firearm bill.
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From Prairie State Wire
Medical cannabis for short-term pain is questionable, some GOP lawmakers insist
A bill allowing for temporary access to medical cannabis in order to battle the opioid epidemic is in the hands of the governor.
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Batinick questions price tag of fire chief training bill
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) questioned the cost of a bill that would increase the amount of training fire chiefs are required to have.