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Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m..
Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m.. Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams

Budget vote brings Illinois General Assembly’s 2023 spring session to a close

House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan  By Peter Hancock  Capitol News Illinois The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House gave its approval to a $50.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that

Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, on the Senate floor in March.
Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, on the Senate floor in March. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki

Illinois legislature approves bill to tighten restrictions on red-light camera industry

Bill hailed as first step toward broader ethics reform  By Andrew Adams Capitol News Illinois Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry’s involvement in state and local elections and government.   House Bill 3903 would ban automatic traffic enforcement