Feb 22, 2019

Under the Dome: What’s in Gov. Pritzker’s $39 billion budget?

In this week's Under the Dome, we discuss where Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to increase spending -- and how he suggests the state should pay for it.

Pritzker seeking $1.1 billion in new revenue

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Pritzker’s budget: The highlights

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget seeks to raise $1.1 billion in new revenue. Here's where it would come from, and what new spending would occur.

Read Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget address

The full text of the governor's Feb. 20 budget address

Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage bill into law

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Tuesday gradually hiking the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, an early victory for the Democrat .

Illinois senator saves choking representative with Heimlich maneuver

A freshman Republican state representative is calling a Democratic senator a "hero" for successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on him

Senate committees to hold hearings on capital needs

Illinois senators plan statewide hearings through the end of April to get input on what should be included in a new capital bill.

Bill would require schools to teach details of consent in sex ed

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois schools might soon be teaching a new, fuller definition of what it means to give sexual consent.

Bill would make elected officials wear body cameras

ROCKFORD — All elected officials in Illinois would be required to wear body cameras while conducting public business if a bill sponsored by a Machesney Park Republican becomes law.

Schoenburg: Pritzker continues to reach out to cautious GOP

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Statehouse Insider: Pritzker wins one but miffs Republicans

Gov. J.B. PRITZKER walked away with his first major victory of the legislative session, getting the minimum wage bill that he wanted.

Pritzker names three cabinet directors

Gov. J.B. Pritzker continued on Tuesday to fill out his cabinet, appointing three new agency directors.

Pritzker names second VA state director

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Supreme Court won’t hear Schock case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is declining to get involved in the corruption case against former Illinois congressman Aaron Schock. The Republican resigned from Congress in 2015 amid scrutiny of his lavish spending.

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