Illinois legislators to get raises after Pritzker signs $1.7 billion spending bill

(The Center Square) – Hours after the Illinois Senate approved a bill to spend $1.7 billion of taxpayer resources and give themselves raises, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure into law.

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Pritzker lays out second-term agenda after inauguration

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is now in his second term.

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Illinois quick hits: Madigan trial to begin April 2024; Soldier Field renovation plans released

The racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been set for April 1, 2024.

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RLC to host Annual “REC the Scale Challenge: for community members

Rend Lake College will be hosting its annual REC the Scale Challenge from January 3 to April 7, 2023.

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Bills’ Damar Hamlin back in Buffalo to continue recovery

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Monday after spending almost a week in the hospital following his cardiac arrest on the field at Paycor Stadium.

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RLC Nursing to host series of Spring information meetings

INA, Ill. — Are you interested in pursuing a nursing degree? Get all the information you need to know about the program, from application to graduation, at our upcoming information sessions. RLC Nursing officials and faculty will be available to answer any questions you may have about the program and to give tours of our facilities.

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Illinois weapons ban bill heads for final vote

In his second inaugural address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed that Democratic lawmakers will send to his desk comprehensive legislation to ban military-style firearms and to require such guns already in circulation to be registered.

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Mexican cartels’ war on Americans: Fentanyl crisis should be atop Biden’s agenda at summit

Enough to kill every American. That’s the amount of lethal doses of fentanyl – a total of 379 million – seized by the DEA in 2022.

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Historic three-peat now in sight for Georgia as returning stars focus on avoiding entitlement entering 2023

LOS ANGELES — The confetti had not finished falling inside SoFi Stadium at the College Football Playoff National Championship before the pivotal question began to emerge: Now that Georgia has won back-to-back national championships, and doing so with a team that beat its opponents by a greater margin than anyone else in the country, can the Bulldogs do it again in 2023?

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2023 national championship: Georgia, Stetson Bennett overpower TCU for most dominant victory of title game era

LOS ANGELES — No. 1 Georgia won the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship in record-setting fashion Monday night, overpowering No. 3 TCU in a gaudy 65-7 victory that marked the most dominant title-game performance in the sport’s history. The win, which featured the Bulldogs scoring the most points in any FBS national title game, makes Georgia the first back-to-back national champions of the CFP era and first at all since Alabama in 2011-12.

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