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Sep 6, 2019
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Under the Dome Podcast: Legalized marijuana and gambling in Springfield
On this week's episode of Under the Dome, The State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg is joined by Brenden Moore as he fills in for Doug Finke to talk about the details of legalized use of marijuana in the city of Springfield, the state of gambling in the city, the DNR is set to make new hires and how the graduated income tax may play in the upcoming election.
Bernard Schoenburg: Bustos to get award named for her father

U.S. Rep. CHERI BUSTOS, D-Moline, a Springfield native who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, will get an award named for her late father at a Sangamon County Young Democrats event later this month.

Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds

Six months after striking a rare deal with prosecutors, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock on Wednesday was officially cleared of criminal charges alleging he used his campaign funds as a private piggy bank.

Added money for Illinois court to benefit local governments

Illinois' judicial branch will use its first budget increase in six years in part to alleviate costs paid by local governments, court officials said.

Illinois spent $4.6 million on health insurance for dead people, federal audit says

Illinois paid an estimated $4.6 million in state and federal money to health insurance organizations to cover people on Medicaid who were dead, according to a federal audit released this week.

Durbin bill would bolster program that aids new doctors who work in underserved areas

A bill in Congress aims to bring more medical professionals to downstate Illinois and other rural and underserved areas across the country.

McSweeney says he won’t seek reelection next year

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Bernard Schoenburg: AFL-CIO lauds gains; leadership could stay in central Illinois

There’s plenty to celebrate this Labor Day weekend for MICHAEL CARRIGAN, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO.

Statehouse Insider: JRTC we hardly knew ye

* Is it really going to happen this time? Is the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago really going to be sold?Gov.

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