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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5 days 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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5 days 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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6 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Dan Petrella |Jeremy Gorner |Olivia Olander |Addison Wright
SPRINGFIELD — Democratic state lawmakers voted late Saturday, just minutes before their midnight deadline, to send Gov. JB Pritzker the final piece of a $55 billion budget balanced with a combination of spending cuts and an estimated $800 million plus in tax increases, including hikes on tobacco products, vaping and online sportsbooks.
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6 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Dan Petrella |Jeremy Gorner |Olivia Olander |Addison Wright
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - With only hours remaining before their midnight deadline, Democratic state lawmakers on Saturday still were finalizing various components of a more than $55 billion budget balanced with a combination of cuts and tax increases. The spending portion of the plan was unveiled late Friday, but a package of tax increases and other revenue measures had yet to surface by early Saturday afternoon. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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6 days ago |
thederrick.com | Dan Petrella |Jeremy Gorner |Olivia Olander |Addison Wright
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With only hours remaining before their midnight deadline, Democratic state lawmakers on Saturday still were finalizing various components of a more than $55 billion budget balanced with a combination of cuts and tax increases. The spending portion of the plan was unveiled late Friday, but a package of tax increases and other revenue measures had yet to surface by early Saturday afternoon.
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