by blowback | Dec 23, 2024 | Third Reading Report
NOTE: We will not put out a weekly update on Monday, December 30 or Monday, January 6 due to the holidays. Illinois Legislative News Lame Duck and 2025 General Assembly Session Preview Following veto session at the end of November, the Illinois House and Senate...
by blowback | Dec 16, 2024 | Third Reading Report
COGFA Annual Pension Update On Monday, the Commission of Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) released their FY 2024 pension briefing. As of June 30, 2024 all five state retirement systems had actuarial (five-year smoothed) assets of $122.009B and...
by blowback | Dec 9, 2024 | Third Reading Report
Administrative Rules CAPITOL COMPLEX The SECRETARY OF STATE adopted emergency amendments to the Part titled Public Use of the Capitol Complex and Springfield Facilities (71 IAC 2005; 48 Ill Reg 17392) effective 11/18/24 for a maximum of 150 days. An identical proposed...
by blowback | Nov 25, 2024 | Third Reading Report
After an uneventful first week of veto session, the Illinois General Assembly returned to Springfield for the final session week of the year from November 19 to 21. Both chambers were in session all three days, with limited committee and floor action. Notable bills...
by blowback | Nov 18, 2024 | Third Reading Report
The Illinois General Assembly returned to Springfield for the first week of fall veto session on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both chambers cancelled their scheduled session day on Thursday. Committee and floor action was very limited. The Senate only held three committee...
by blowback | Nov 11, 2024 | Third Reading Report
In what was a bad showing for Democrats nationally, Illinois Democrats held onto all their Congressional seats and appear likely to keep their current General Assembly makeup following the November 5 general election. At the presidential level, Vice President Kamala...
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