Dan Petrella
State Government Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Research Consultant at Freelance
Political writer @chicagotribune. @MediaAtIllinois alum. Former @sjrbreaking, @LeeEntNews Springfield bureau & @ChiTribBiz. Tips: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
bnd.com | Ray Long |Rick Pearson |Dan Petrella
In the closing hours of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped clean a potential multimillion-dollar fine against his political campaign committee for violating election finance laws he championed years ago.
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2 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Ray Long |Rick Pearson |Dan Petrella
In the closing hours of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped clean a potential multimillion-dollar fine against his political campaign committee for violating election finance laws he championed years ago.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Dan Petrella |Jeremy Gorner |Olivia Olander
SPRINGFIELD — While offering a sunny take on the passage of a roughly $55 billion state spending plan balanced in part by cutting back on some of his own priorities, Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday blamed Illinois’ latest fiscal challenges not on a state tax system he once described as “unfair” and “inadequate” but on economic headwinds created by President Donald Trump.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Dan Petrella |Jeremy Gorner |Olivia Olander
SPRINGFIELD — While offering a sunny take on the passage of a roughly $55 billion state spending plan balanced in part by cutting back on some of his own priorities, Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday blamed Illinois’ latest fiscal challenges not on a state tax system he once described as “unfair” and “inadequate” but on economic headwinds created by President Donald Trump.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Jeremy Gorner |Addison Wright |Olivia Olander |Dan Petrella
SPRINGFIELD — Along with a budget that passed shortly before Saturday’s deadline, Illinois legislators passed a flurry of bills in the final days of the General Assembly’s spring session on issues ranging from police hiring practices to traffic safety. Here are some of the bills heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after passing out of the legislature at the end of the four-month session.
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