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Wednesday is the last day of the Illinois General Assembly's annual legislative session. It also happens to mark 700 days since Illinois last had a real budget. Majority Democrats still aren’t saying whether they plan to do anything about that.
Emergency dispatchers, phone companies, and lawmakers from both parties were in agreement. The fee on cell phone bills needed to increase — to keep 911 services going and to add new technology mandated by Illinois.
The Illinois House has approved a plan to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour. But it faces an uphill climb to become law.
An Illinois House panel has advanced a $37.3 billion Senate-backed spending plan that is funded by a $5.4 billion tax increase.
Twenty-seven protesters blocked access to Governor Bruce Rauner’s office at the state Capitol in Springfield Tuesday. They wanted the Republican governor and General Assembly Democrats to agree to a state budget
