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Business representatives are crying foul as 11th-hour legislation to allow unlimited punitive damages in wrongful-death cases is poised to pass the state Senate today and clear the Legislature. The bill, known as HB 219, flew through the House on Tuesday on a party-line vote of 75-40. The Senate Executive Committee cleared it yesterday, also on a strict party-line vote.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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