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From Prairie State Wire
House committee passes bill banning kids under 12 from playing on tackle football teams
With 11 yes votes, a bill banning youth younger than 12 years old from playing on organized tackle football teams passed the House Mental Health Committee on Thursday.
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Idea behind proposed property tax freeze 'ill advised,' Downs president says
Lawmakers in Springfield who considered a measure that would have required referendums in most counties to implement property tax freezes show little understanding of how local governments would be affected by such freezes, Downs Village President Mike James said during a recent interview.
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All play and no work — yet legislators still draw paychecks, policy pro argues
Lawmakers have spent very little time in their seats, but at least they got to have play time, Austin Berg wrote on the Illinois Policy Institute website recently.
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Rauner provides budget address update
One day after his annual budget address before a joint session of the Illinois legislature, Gov. Bruce Rauner provided an update to his speech.