New Illinois laws take effect on July 1, 2024

With the arrival of summer, there are a few new laws that will hit the books starting in July.

Pritzker announces multiyear infrastructure plan for Illinois

The plan will provide grants and funding to maintain and improve Illinois' roadways and build new facilities for workers.

Illinois announces multiyear infrastructure plan
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The plan will provide grants and funding to maintain and improve Illinois' roadways and build new facilities for workers.

Prtizker signs 2025 state budget
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Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the state budget for next year. He hopes his new plans will help the financial progress of the state.

Illinois budget awaits governor's signature
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker was praising lawmakers for passing the $53 million budget Wednesday morning. The state house passed it by a 62 to 46 vote after the senate approved it.

'Brave souls': Illinois leaders commemorate fallen firefighters, honor heroism

Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton commemorated Illinois fallen firefighters and honored those still on the job for their heroism during a ceremony on Tuesday.

Illinois leaders commemorate fallen firefighters, honor heroism
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Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton commemorated Illinois fallen firefighters and honored those still on the job for their heroism during a ceremony on Tuesday.

Fallen Illinois firefighters honored with memorial service
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke at the annual memorial service honoring fallen Illinois firefighters Tuesday morning. Several honorees died in the line of duty in Chicago.

Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by Pritzker and first lady

The document in which Abraham Lincoln set the Union’s military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War in motion is now among Illinois’ prized papers of the 16th president, thanks to a donation by the state’s governor and first lady.

ComEd grants largest clean energy rebate to Illinois company for record solar installation

The rebate, totaling $2.6 million, was awarded to Bolingbrook-based G&W Electric Microgrid. The project encompasses nearly eight football fields' worth of solar panels and houses the largest battery of its kind.