Alex Degman
Statehouse ReporterAlex Degman is a Statehouse reporter with WBEZ. He can be reached at adegman@wbez.org.
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The bill sets up a framework to let these employees join a union, but those affected are still seeking changes. -
Lawmakers have been away from Springfield since May but they’re coming back for two weeks. What do they do? Why is their schedule like this?
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The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch.
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The community of Highland Park will hold a ceremony and community walk in honor of the seven people killed last year during a shooting at a July Fourth parade.
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Nancy Rotering plans to continue her anti-gun activism, noting the ongoing gun threat is "pervasive" and "harming us as a society."
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Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure that will withhold state funds from libraries that ban books. The move sparked a lot of questions.
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In Illinois, there's now a ban on banning books. Schools or libraries that do so could end up losing state funds.
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Citing a “vitriolic strain of white nationalism,” Gov. JB Pritzker signed the measure withholding state grant money from libraries if they ban books.
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It took more than a week longer than expected, but Illinois lawmakers wrapped up their spring legislative session early Saturday with a budget and hundreds of measures that passed. The spending plan and bills now go to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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A legislative proposal to help the Bears pay for a new stadium and entertainment complex in Arlington Heights got its first hearing, but final action is still a ways away.
