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John O'Connor

John O'Connor

Illinois Political Writer at Associated Press - Springfield Bureau

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Illinois House speaker’s staff sues to unionize

Staff members working for the Illinois House speaker have filed a lawsuit demanding the right to negotiate working conditions as a union. Members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association filed the lawsuit Friday in Cook County Circuit Court. It seeks confirmation of their right to “organize and bargain collectively,” as was guaranteed to all workers by an amendment to the state Constitution in 2022. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch sponsored legislation to allow collective bargaining las…
over 1 year ago
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Judge tosses out Illinois ban on drafting legislative candidates as...

A judge has rejected a law Illinois Democrats approved last month that prohibited the slating of candidates who weren’t on a party primary ballot. A Sangamon County Circuit judge says the law violates the voting rights of those seeking ballot access. Democrats approved the law mid-election cycle to protect vulnerable legislative Democrats. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has called it an ethics reform measure. The judge found it changed the rules mid-stream and unfairly treated some candidates dif…
over 1 year ago
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Illinois lawmakers unable to respond to governor's prison plan beca...

Members of a legislative review panel agree that two aging prisons need to be replaced. But they contended on Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration needs to provide details. The bipartisan commission couldn’t vote on its concerns because it lacked a quorum, with just three of 12 members appearing. Pritzker has proposed closing and replacing Stateville, a maximum-security prison in the Chicago suburb of Crest Hill. He also would shutter or move Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, a wo…
over 1 year ago
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Consolidated, 'compassionate' services pledged for new Illinois Dep...

Illinois’ governor has signed a law creating a separate Department of Early Childhood that he says will make it easier on families to get needed services for the state’s youngest residents. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the law in Chicago. Its creation comes after five years of study that started with a commission and determined that Illinois families faced a Byzantine bulwark in trying to obtain services often ensconced in disparate agencies: the State Board of Education and the departments of Huma…
over 1 year ago
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Protections sought for prison workers in closing of aging Illinois ...

The union representing state prison workers is seeking a federal court order that the Illinois Department of Corrections ensure the rights and safety of employees as it closes an aging maximum-security prison near Chicago.
about 1 year ago
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A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replace...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago in preparation for replacing the century-old lockup.
about 1 year ago
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Ohio girl concedes cutting off tanker that spilled chemical last ye...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal report on a tanker-truck crash a year ago in central Illinois that spilled a toxic chemical and killed five people includes an interview with a 17-year-old Ohio girl who concedes that the truck was forced off the road when she passed it with the minivan she was dri
about 1 year ago
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Illinois officials take first step toward construction of 2 new pri...

Illinois officials on Friday announced their impending search for a firm to manage the planning and construction of two prisons with a combined budget of $900 million.
about 1 year ago
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U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan foils GOP hopes of an upset in Indiana, wins ...

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan won a third term in Congress on Tuesday, foiling Republican hopes of flipping a district Democrats have controlled for nearly a century.
about 1 year ago
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Illinois court orders pretrial release for deputy charged in Sonya ...

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a former deputy sheriff charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey should be released from jail pending trial.
about 1 year ago
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FTC sues Deere & Co. for monopolizing farm-equipment repair market

The Federal Trade Commission is accusing Deere & Co. of unfairly monopolizing the farm-equipment repair market.
11 months ago