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From Prairie State Wire
2018 election night preview: More competitive races now in play than in 2014
Unlike the dynamic four years ago, a majority of the Illinois House races – 56 percent – will be competitive contests pitting major party candidates during the Nov. 6 midterm election.
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From Prairie State Wire
State House election preview: Candidates square off in 66 of 118 midterm races
The number of Illinois House races being contested by major-party candidates on Nov. 6 is up 13.6 percent over the last midterm election in 2014, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis.
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Make Illinois 'a state where you want to raise your family,' 35th House District candidate says
Illinois ranks among the worst states in the nation in which to do business and needs to gird itself better to become more economically competitive, a Chicago-area resident running against a three-term incumbent in the 35th District House seat said.
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House may soon consider bill to change state law to allow convicted felon to serve as Markham mayor
A bill that would allow convicted felons to hold elected municipal office, Senate Bill 225, worked its way through the Illinois Senate last fall and could be considered in the House in the spring session.
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Veto override gives Illinois first budget in two years
Illinois has its first budget in more than two years after the House voted on Thursday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of three contentious bills that made it through both chambers in a special extended session.
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Income tax hike passes Illinois House
The Illinois House passed a contentious and divisive tax revenue bill on Sunday vigorous debate and little Republican support.
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State lawmakers accused of pay raise by committee
Illinois lawmakers are using a seemingly surreptitious way to give themselves pay raises: creating new and useless committees for which they are automatically paid an extra $10,326 as chairmen, a Chicago-based think tank is arguing.
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New House GOP Conference chair says voters have mandated reform
GOP legislators in Springfield received their marching orders in November's general election to keep pushing for reform, the newly named House Republican Conference chairman said during a recent interview.