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CITIES 92.9 PODCAST: Rep. Tom Bennett Talks About the Spring Session, New Taxes and Surviving a Car Crash
The Illinois General Assembly wrapped up its spring session with new laws regarding marijuana, abortion, gambling, sports betting and a proposed graduated income tax. State Representative Tom Bennett ...
Jun 06, 2019
Illinois Giving Local Governments More Tax Information
Local governments in Illinois will no longer have to guess what they're getting from Springfield. The Illinois Department of Revenue is launching a new MyLocalTax section on its website. Revenue Direc...
Jun 06, 2019
Ground Blessed, Broken For St. Joseph Chapel Expansion Project
Construction is underway on a chapel expansion at OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. A ceremony was held yesterday to bless and break ground on the over one-million dollar projec...
Jun 06, 2019
Women's Justice Institute Working To Lower Number Of Female Prisoners
The Women's Justice Task Force in McLean County is working to reduce the number of women in Illinoisprisons. The group hosted a session yesterday where advocates and women who have been in prison shar...
Jun 06, 2019 Steve Mays / CC
Free-Speech Group Sues University of Illinois
The University of Illinois has become the target of lawsuit claiming the school has violated its students' free-speech rights. Virginia-based Speech First filed the lawsuit last week against Illinois ...
Jun 05, 2019
Gov. Pritzker Signs Budget, Fair Tax Rates
Governor JB Pritzker today signed into law a bipartisan, balanced budget for $40.1 billion in operating expenses that begins to pay down Illinois' debt and return the state to fiscal stability - as th...
Jun 05, 2019
Some Illinois Gun Stores Closing Their Doors
By Dave Taylor Tribune-Star Some locally owned gun stores in east-central Illinois are closing their doors or moving to Indiana in response to new Illinois licensing requirements that owners sa...
Jun 05, 2019
Corporate Board Legislation Stripped Of Minority Mandate
Legislation aimed at diversifying corporate boards in Illinois isn't going to include a mandate for minority representation. The bill would have required Illinois companies to have at least one woman,...
Jun 05, 2019
Governor Pritzker Orders More Illinois Guardsmen To Flood Fight
Cities along Illinois' flooded rivers are getting more help. Governor JB Pritzker yesterday ordered another 200 or so National Guardsmen to help out along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The gove...
Jun 05, 2019
Pritzker Likely to Sign Bill Increasing Teachers' Minimum Salaries
The minimum salary for teachers is set to increase throughout the state. Both houses voted to gradually raise salaries to at least 40-thousand dollars by the 2023-24 school year. The bill is now heade...
Jun 05, 2019
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