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Los Angeles is pushing forward with plans to limit how much delivery services such as Postmates, Grubhub and Uber Eats can charge restaurants.

Illinois legislators OK measure allowing services like Grubhub to deliver alcohol

January 13, 2021 at 5:13 p.m.

It could soon be easier to get a stiff drink brought right to your door in Illinois. Third-party services such as Grubhub and DoorDash would be able to deliver alcohol...

Sen. Kimberly Lightfor, D-Hillside, and Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, on the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Education pillar of Black Caucus’ legislative agenda advances to Pritzker, economic, criminal justice elements still being considered

January 13, 2021 at 4:19 a.m.

With time running out before the next General Assembly is sworn in, the Illinois House passed the Legislative Black Caucus' sweeping economic equity agenda Tuesday, a day after lawmakers sent...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

In politically calculated move, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan suspends bid for another term but doesn’t bow out

January 12, 2021 at 4:43 a.m.

Scandal-plagued Speaker Michael Madigan on Monday suspended his bid to keep running the Illinois House, even as he left open the possibility he could reemerge if Democrats can't agree on...

Linda Chapa LaVia, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, stands with Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Thompson Center in Chicago in December 2019.

Amid criticism over handling of coronavirus outbreak that has killed 36 veterans in LaSalle, Linda Chapa LaVia resigns as head of Illinois VA

January 11, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

The head of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs stepped down Monday amid ongoing criticism of the agency's handling of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 36 veterans who lived...

Speaker Michael Madigan on the floor as the Illinois House convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021.

Illinois House Democrats wrangle over Madigan’s future behind closed doors as criminal justice overhaul dominates public debate

January 11, 2021 at 6:32 p.m.

With less than three days to shore up the votes needed to claim another term as House speaker, Michael Madigan on Sunday was confronted with the reality that he lacks...

The Illinois House of Representatives returns to session in the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021. They returned for a lame-duck session that marks the first time lawmakers convened in Springfield since a May special session.

Police unions, others air concerns over criminal justice proposal pushed by Legislative Black Caucus: ‘This bill goes beyond reasonable reform’

January 10, 2021 at 1:52 a.m.

Police unions and law enforcement organizations from across Illinois were united on Saturday in opposition to a broad criminal justice overhaul the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is pushing during the...

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Illinois legislators OK measure allowing services like Grubhub to deliver alcohol

Education pillar of Black Caucus’ legislative agenda advances to Pritzker, economic, criminal justice elements still being considered

In politically calculated move, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan suspends bid for another term but doesn’t bow out

Amid criticism over handling of coronavirus outbreak that has killed 36 veterans in LaSalle, Linda Chapa LaVia resigns as head of Illinois VA

Illinois House Democrats wrangle over Madigan’s future behind closed doors as criminal justice overhaul dominates public debate

Police unions, others air concerns over criminal justice proposal pushed by Legislative Black Caucus: ‘This bill goes beyond reasonable reform’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposes quashing tax breaks for businesses as General Assembly returns to Springfield

Speaker Madigan’s future, Black Caucus’ social justice agenda top items as Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield

‘A tragic milestone’: Illinois coronavirus case count surges past 1 million

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ‘exponential increase’ of COVID-19 vaccines needed to fight spread of coronavirus