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Posts tagged Kelly Cassidy
Dems select Welch as new House speaker
‘It is time for new leadership in the House,’ says Madigan, ending 36-year run
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Emanuel Chris Welch, Illinois House Speaker, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, ComEd Bribery, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Durbin, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Rodney Davis, Kelly Cassidy, Stephanie Kifowit, Lance Yednock, Katie Stuart
Nursing-home workers strike, no talks set
Legislators feel betrayed that COVID relief, negotiated rate increase weren’t passed on to staff
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Ted CoxInfinity Nursing Homes, Infinity Nursing Home Strike, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Erica Bland-Durosinmi, Kelly Cassidy, Lakesia Collins, Ram Villivalam, Shaba Andrich, Jacquevella Abulebdeh, Illinois Nursing Homes
ICE cracks on Dwight detention center
Rep. Cassidy, Sen. Peters credited with enforcing new state law banning private prisons
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Rep. Cassidy: No dice on Dwight ICE facility
Proposed federal detention center runs into immediate opposition, state law
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Ted CoxICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Dwight Women's Prison, Kelly Cassidy, J.B. Pritzker, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Robert Peters, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, National Immigrant Justice Center
Gov. Pritzker: The first year
A balanced bipartisan budget, legal weed, $15 minimum wage, $45B capital plan, RHA, pension consolidation, education funding, fair tax…
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, CCAP, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Donald Trump, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Bill Brady, Reproductive Health Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Smoking Age, Illinois Pension Reform, Sterigenics
Smooth rollout, long lines for legal weed
Pot czarina Hutchinson cheers ‘monumental milestone’ as Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize
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Ted CoxIllinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Marijuana, Illinois Cannabis, Toi Hutchinson, Kelly Cassidy, J.B. Pritzker, Heather Steans, Lori Lightfoot, Jason Ervin, Sunnyside Dispensaries
'What a difference a governor makes'
Pritzker, Lightfoot take office with ambitious progressive agendas as new highs beckon and a record low goes in the books
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kelly Cassidy, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Income Inequality, Gini Index, U.S. News & World Report, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Clean Energy Jobs Act
iPhone-like lines expected for pot legalization
Head of cannabis business group warns recreational users to be patient on Jan. 1
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Ted CoxIllinois Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Cannabis, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, CannaBiz Illinois, Pamela Althoff, Apple iPhone, Kelly Cassidy, Heather Steans, J.B. Pritzker
Duckworth, Garcia commit to immigrants
Senator calls Trump border policies ‘inhumane’ and ‘systematically cruel’
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Pot to be legal here in 2020: Link to podcast
Pritzker signs cannabis bill into law, praises legislative work done by ‘Marijuana Moms’
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Ted CoxJehan Gordon-Booth, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Toi Hutchinson, Heather Steans, John Cullerton, Kim Foxx, NAACP, David Welter, Becky Carroll, Jennifer Lee, C-Strategies, The Broad Cast
Pritzker bans private detention centers
Immigration battle finds Illinois, Chicago on the front lines against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Immigration, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Undocumented Immigrants, Dick Durbin, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Jared Anderson, Rossana Rodriguez, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
Pritzker signs Reproductive Health Act
Illinois proudly defies national trend to strengthen women’s rights
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Melinda Bush, Jennifer Welch, Colleen Connell, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, ACLU of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Abortion Rights, Roe v. Wade, Illinois House Freshman Caucus
The Christian case for legal weed
Rev. Alexander Sharp of Clergy for a New Drug Policy calls legalization ‘a profoundly human compassion issue’
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Ted CoxIllinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Cannabis, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Alexander Sharp, Clergy for a New Drug Policy, Bob Gilligan, Catholic Conference of Illinois, Protestants for the Common Good, Kelly Cassidy, Heather Steans
House Progressive Caucus calls for Reproductive Health Act
In face of new abortion laws, ‘Illinois must respond in kind with equal energy behind defending reproductive freedom,’ says Rep. Cassidy
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Ted CoxKelly Cassidy, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Rights Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, National Organization for Women, Sue Purrington, Carol Ammons, Theresa Mah, Will Guzzardi, Michael Madigan, Illinois Capital Bill
Legal-pot law commits to 'equity' issues
Legislation intends to expunge marijuana busts, reward communities hurt by ‘War on Drugs’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Kelly Cassidy, Heather Steans, Toi Hutchinson, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, NORML Illinois, Dan Linn, Lori Lightfoot
Jail protesters for felony trespassing?
Sierra Club, House Progressive Caucus rip bill that would have ‘chilling effect on free speech’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Delia Ramirez, Carol Ammons, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, ACLU, NAACP, Kelly Cassidy
Pot group calls for rapid expansion of marijuana industry
Illinois NORML warns state is on verge of ‘one of greatest failures in the history of regulated cannabis’
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Ted CoxMarijuana Industry, Medical Marijuana, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana, NORML, Illinois NORML, Kelly Cassidy, Heather Steans, J.B. Pritzker, Medical Cannabis Alliance of Illinois
Medical-marijuana firms strike back
Entrenched pot cultivators insist they can meet demand for legal weed
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Treasurer Frerichs pushes to free banks to handle legal cannabis cash
Says $136M is being ‘shuffled from place to place in duffle bags’
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Ted CoxMichael Frerichs, Kelly Cassidy, Toi Hutchinson, Bob Berlin, Donald Trump, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois State's Attorneys Association, CannaTrac, CannaCard
Legal weed demand to create opportunity for outsiders
Communities hurt by ‘War on Drugs’ should see equity in legalization
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