Illinois Legislative News: September 3, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Illinois Supreme Court Stays Election Slating Decision On Friday, August 23, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision to block a ban on post-primary election slating ahead of a...

Illinois Legislative News: August 26, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group The Democratic National Convention (DNC) concluded Thursday, August 22 after a rousing week in Chicago. The city saw an estimated 50,000 visitors come to attend the DNC and the various events...

Illinois Legislative News: August 19, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Democratic National Convention Preview The Democratic National Convention (DNC) take place from Monday, August 19 to Thursday, August 22 in Chicago. Delegates from all 50 states, Washington,...

Illinois Legislative News: August 5, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s long-term goal of making Illinois the “undisputed leader of quantum computing” became a reality on July 25 as PsiQuantum and the state jointly announced the construction of a...

Illinois Legislative News: July 22, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group On July 12, Kathy Salvi was elected as Chair of the Illinois Republican Party after outgoing Chair Don Tracy announced his intent to step down following the Republican National Convention back in...

Illinois Legislative News: July 15, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group  On July 9, the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee held a subject matter hearing titled “How Public Transit Supports the Economy.” The hearing was the first of six scheduled throughout the...

Illinois Legislative News: July 8, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group FY 2024 closed on June 30, 2024. Illinois ended the fiscal year with total General Funds revenues of $52.589B, down -1.0% (or -$545M) from FY 2023. However, from a base revenue perspective, the...

Illinois Legislative News: June 17, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group After a turbulent end to the 2024 regular session of the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. J.B. Pritzker began signing some of the bills passed by both chambers. Of the 469 total bills passed this...

Illinois Legislative News: May 24, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group The regular session of the 2024 Illinois General Assembly adjourned for summer in the early morning hours on Wednesday, May 29. The Senate completed all their business and adjourned on Sunday, May...

Illinois Legislative News: May 24, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group As of Friday morning, House and Senate Democrat leadership and Gov. J.B. Pritzker reportedly reached a budget agreement. Even so, no FY 2025 budget amendments have been introduced yet. Gov....