The Spin: Illinois House advances abortion rights measure as other states approve limits
Walking into the job this year, the Democratic first-term governor saw his tax code overhaul as one of three big new revenue generators. There are three days left in the spring legislative session, so we'll see if his two other top proposals -- to legalize recreational marijuana and sports betting -- will get the green light.
Meanwhile, an abortion-rights bill that removes measures involving spousal consent, waiting periods, criminal penalties for physicians who perform the procedure and other restrictions, cleared the
A little more than a week into her job,
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After income tax vote, will state lawmakers OK weed, sports betting by Friday deadline?
Pritzker is pushing to legalize recreational marijuana and sports betting, hoping that the licensing fees will help close a budget hole next fiscal year, which begins
Those two measures along with his push to move to a graduated income tax, which aims to put a heavier tax burden on wealthier residents, were part of his "think big" agenda. As the Tribune's
Four things to know about the graduated income tax:
Now it's up to the voters: With the
But not for another year: "The proposed amendment won't go before voters for ratification until the general election in
It's a political victory for Pritzker: The governor, who took office in January, "campaigned for election on the concept of taxing wealthier incomes at a higher rate as part of an overall plan to deal with
The battle will continue: "The action by the Democratic-led House, joining with a
Quotable: Rep.
Property taxes? With the state and city of
This just in: The Illinois House OK'd a sweeping abortion rights bill after an emotional floor debate this afternoon:Now Pritzker is urging the
State lawmakers poised to pass changes following
Lightfoot on the ripple effects of crime and violence
Speaking to a downtown luncheon of elected and civic leaders at the
Lightfoot was in the neighborhoods with police -- even responding with officers to one shooting. But here's what else she says she took in: "I was struck, this weekend, traveling around the South and West sides, how desolate it sometimes felt for blocks and blocks. How hard it was to simply find a place to sit down and have lunch, or grab a cup of coffee. In other neighborhoods, the energy was electric.
"The legacies of racial discrimination and race- and class-based inequality are tied to the culture of corruption that has favored the clouted and the wealthy. And those legacies, intertwined, lie at the root of every problem my administration faces today," she said, listing violence, income and housing segregation and good-paying jobs among them. "All of these pieces are the result of deliberate policy choices made in decades past by people in power in this town."
Regarding her relationship with
She said increased training along with "trauma care" is important for officers, lamenting the recent spate of suicides on the police force. "We have to do better by our young officers, just as we have to do better by our young people and those communities that are under siege."
Hints at security issues: "A lot of ink has been spilled" over her tapping
Reversing
Lightfoot lays out 100 day ethics agenda: During her
Lightfoot's first
Tomorrow will be Lightfoot's first
The Tribune's
A question of power, Part I: Ald.
A question of power, Part II: "The success or failure of this first move to put her imprint on the council will give an indication how things will go for the next several years," Byrne and Pratt wrote. "Will a sizable opposition form or will she join predecessors
What Lightfoot says it means to residents: "I think the people in this city, they don't want me to focus on the nonsense," she said in an interview with
Emanuel's newest gig: The
It all started with the president's own tweet on Saturday: "
That's a reference to reports of Kim going after the former vice president and Democratic presidential hopeful, whose high polling numbers suggests at least for now he could be the nominee to square off with Republican Trump in the 2020 race.
Kinzinger, an Iraq War veteran who serves in the
To date, the
"When the Trump administration exempted parts of the
"In a few densely worded paragraphs buried at the end of a 63-page document, attorneys for the
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