Third Reading Report: November 10, 2025

2025 Illinois General Assembly Veto Session Report The Illinois General Assembly concluded a two-week fall veto session in the early morning hours of Friday, October 31. Following an uneventful first week of veto session from October 14-16, the House and Senate...

Third Reading Report: November 3, 2025

2025 Veto Session Key Legislation The Illinois General Assembly concluded a two-week fall veto session in the early morning hours of Friday, October 31. Following an uneventful first week of veto session from October 14-16, the House and Senate returned to Springfield...

Third Reading Report: October 27, 2025

In his $16.6B 2026 budget proposal, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed resurrecting the city’s head tax to help close a projected $1.15B budget shortfall. This tax would charge businesses with at least 100 employees, entirely or primarily based in Chicago, a fee...

Third Reading Report: October 20, 2025

​The Illinois General Assembly returned to Springfield for the first week of a two-week fall veto session from Tuesday, October 14, to Thursday, October 16. Committee and floor action was limited in both the House and Senate, and the Senate canceled its scheduled...

Third Reading Report: October 13, 2025

Fiscal Year 2026-31 Proposed Highway and Multimodal Improvement Program Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation have announced a historic $50.6 billion six-year plan to modernize transportation infrastructure across all 102 counties. “Over the...
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