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It can take a decade or more for the FDA to approve a new medicine, but a measure in the Illinois House is meant to help people who can't wait that…
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During his inauguration speech, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan announced a new mission -- figuring out what Illinois can do to prevent violence,…
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As we get ready to welcome 2015, we thought we’d take a few minutes to reflect on the past year in Illinois state government and politics. Most of the…
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Illinois taxpayers pay a private company more than a hundred million dollars a year to give health care to prison inmates.Yet no one in Illinois knows how…
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation allowing the state to spend an additional $1.8 billion in the current budget year. The measure passed the…
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Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says he's come to an agreement on state spending with the speaker of the Illinois House. But…
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The Illinois House has voted to undo a series of cuts in the state's program of health care for the poor. Backers of the change say the cuts have come…
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Two months after Governor Pat Quinn laid out his vision for Illinois' budget, the House of Representatives has approved a state spending plan. Quinn…
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The Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a spending plan for state government.This is not an extension of Illinois' 5 percent income tax…
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Illinois House Democrats are assembling a budget plan for state government. But a big piece of the puzzle is being left out.The plan makes it seem obvious…