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SPRINGFIELD – With the deadline approaching for the Governor to act on legislation that passed the General Assembly this spring, two measures recently signed into law establish higher education scholarship programs, according to State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley). On Aug. 11, the Governor signed bills directed at establishing scholarship programs to attract talented high school graduates to attend Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Legislation targeting the gun industry was signed by the Governor over the weekend, but the new law now faces a federal legal battle. Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 218, which allows the Attorney General, counties, and private citizens to sue members of the firearm industry for vaguely defined so-called “unlawful business and marketing practices.” Proponents claim the new

SPRINGFIELD – A bipartisan bill that would have eased Illinois’ four-decade-old ban on building new nuclear reactors has been vetoed by the Governor, setting up a potential override showdown. On Aug. 11, Gov. JB Pritzker issued a full veto of Senate Bill 76, which would have ended Illinois’ decades-old ban on the construction of advanced nuclear reactors. Senate Bill 76 garnered

SPRINGFIELD – A bipartisan bill that would have eased Illinois’ four-decade-old ban on building new nuclear reactors has been vetoed by the Governor, setting up a potential override showdown. In other news, legislation targeting the gun industry was signed by the Governor over the weekend, but the new law now faces a federal legal battle. With the deadline approaching for