It’s hard to get outraged about the Steans-to-Cassidy handoff when Marjorie Taylor Greene’s on the scene.
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With friends like Republican Jeanne Ives, Illinois women don’t need enemies
Ives and her party have repeatedly opposed legislation that would help women and children.
Alderman Carrie Austin slams Rauner for Chicago Public Schools’ financial crisis, and other news
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Will the Trump administration interfere with Illinois’s medical pot program?
The administration signaled a willingness this week to crack down on legal weed.
Illinois set to expand its medical marijuana pilot program
New legislation adds qualifying conditions, amends the role of physician approval, and extends the length of the program.
Rauner: Cut minimum wage to $7.25
The Republican candidate for Illinois governor, who has said he’s worth “hundreds of millions,” proposes reducing the state’s minimum wage by a dollar.
In the weeds of the state’s medical marijuana law
Illinois’s new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.
Santa’s helper nailed for medical marijuana stash
Santa’s helper nailed for medical marijuana stash
The politics of pot
Are our politicians too paranoid to decriminalize marijuana?
House Republican Leader Tom Cross Explains Why He Supports a New Medical Marijuana Bill
Tom Cross, the Republican leader of the Illinois house, discusses his support for medical marijuana legislation.
They paid; now they’re playing
The winner of the state’s new casino license has been a generous contributor to many of the most powerful politicians in Illinois.