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IL State News

Education
1 year ago
Many eyes on home school bill

Sponsor: IL now has no regulations of home schooling

IL State News
1 year ago
“Four Tops” brief IL Chamber

Is this the year Illinois applies a sales tax to services?

IL State News
1 year ago
Local reps want tighter state laws on the undocumented

No free health care, no state prison time

Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, right, presents a bill in the House Judiciary- Criminal Committee on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, alongside Anjanette Young. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
IL State News
1 year ago
Illinois lawmakers pursue restrictions on search warrants after botched raid in Chicago

Bill would ban ‘no-knock’ warrants, restrict times warrants could be served.

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IL State News
1 year ago
ICE violated rights of a US citizen and 21 others during arrests, Chicago activists allege

The arrests allegedly violate a 2022 agreement between Chicago groups and the federal government detailing how U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers can make “collateral arrests,”

Education
1 year ago
Book by UI prof explores literature of the Depression

“Grapes of Wrath” is only the beginning

The Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building in Chicago's Loop houses the Midwest Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD last month notified fair housing nonprofits across the country, including several in Illinois, that their Fair Housing Initiatives Program grant funding would be cut off. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
1 year ago
Feds pull grant funding from Illinois fair housing orgs that investigate discrimination

Groups warn cuts will drastically reduce capacity to represent tenants, homebuyers.

Gov. JB Pritzker lashes out at the Trump administrations over mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and its attempts to dismantle the agency during remarks to a gathering of Illinois Education Association officials on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Education
1 year ago
In remarks to teachers union, Pritzker lashes out at Trump’s education cuts

AG Raoul joins multistate lawsuit to prevent agency from being dismantled

IL State News
1 year ago
IL House GOP bills for property tax relief

Use the difference between the pension obligation and 25 percent of the state budget to ease schools’ levy

IL State News
1 year ago
Your smartphone could become your next casino

Opponents fear competition

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