Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative …
Illinois’ minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1, completing 6 …
Dec 26, 2024 · The final increase, ending a six-year ramp which began with the minimum wage rising from $8.25 to $9.25 on Jan. 1, 2020, puts a bow on Gov. JB Pritzker’s first major …
State lawmakers consider Tier 2 pension changes as new session ...
Dec 20, 2024 · A report earlier this year by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shed some light on what those proposals could cost. The April analysis of a …
Pritzker’s budget office projects $3.2B deficit in early look at ...
Nov 4, 2024 · The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report published each November is often seen as a table-setter for the budgeting negotiations that will ramp up in earnest when …
Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 9, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law …
State watchdog uncovers at least $7.2M in PPP fraud by state …
Nov 26, 2024 · CHICAGO – A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a …
While deficit looms in next year’s budget, current-year revenues …
Jan 15, 2025 · Pritzker is slated to give his budget address on Feb. 19, facing the largest projected deficit entering a spring session since 2021, when the pandemic hurt state income – …
Semi driver involved in fatal crash of deputy had previous …
Dec 3, 2024 · Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed a DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and having 44 …
As budget tightens, report finds Illinois better prepared for …
Dec 10, 2024 · State lawmakers will face a projected budget deficit and slowing revenue when they return to Springfield in January, but a new report shows fiscal decisions made in recent …
New General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different …
Jan 8, 2025 · Pritzker on upcoming challenges. The 104 th General Assembly has a lengthy to-do list, ranging from eliminating a projected $3.2 billion budget deficit to reforming transit in the …