Illinois Legislative News: May 20, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group The U.S. Census Bureau published its 2023 City and Town Population Estimates. Illinois’ estimated population stands at 12,549,689, ranking it as the sixth most populous state in the country. The...

Illinois Legislative News: May 13, 2024 Session Update Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were in session last week, following opposite chamber committee deadline on May 3. A few remaining bills in both chambers had their opposite chamber committee...

Illinois Legislative News: May 6, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Election Omnibus Bill On Wednesday, Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives filed HFA 2 to SB 2412, creating an election omnibus bill with three major provisions. Firstly, it changes...

Illinois Legislative News: April 22, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group House Third Reading Deadline Week Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were in session this week. This was the House third reading deadline week, and House members passed over 200...

Illinois Legislative News: April 15, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Sen. Gillespie and Rep. Ozinga Resign from the General Assembly Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-Arlington Heights) announced on Tuesday that she will resign from her seat to become the new director of the...

Illinois Legislative News: April 8, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group House Committee Deadline Week After a week off, the Illinois House of Representatives returned to Springfield for their committee deadline week. Many House committees met and passed a total of 194...

Third Reading Consulting Group COGFA FY 2024 Updated Projection The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) increased their FY 2024 Illinois revenue estimate by $1.979B, from $50.611B at the time the budget was enacted to $52.590B today. Nearly...

Please see the below from NASL member firm Third Reading Consulting Group: The 2024 Illinois primary election took place on Tuesday, March 19. Candidates for President, Congress, the Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court, and various local races appeared...

Third Reading Consulting Group, an NASL member firm, provides an update on the latest legislative news below: On January 19, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2019 law (SB 1300) to consolidate local police and firefighter pension systems. This was the...

Please see the below from NASL member firm Third Reading Consulting Group: The 2024 Illinois primary election will take place on March 19. Early voting began on February 15 in Chicago and February 21 in suburban Cook County and is currently underway in many other...