About this episode
The episode discusses the progress of Illinois lawmakers at the midpoint of the legislative session.
Illinois lawmakers passed the midpoint of the session this week, the self-imposed deadline for each chamber to send its non-budget, non-tax related bills to the other chamber. Peter Hancock, Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore discus where lawmakers are with some of the more high-profile issues.
People in this episode
Hosts: Peter Hancock, Ben Szalinski, Brenden Moore
Topics covered
- Illinois lawmakers
- legislative session
- high-profile issues
- bills
- politics
Keywords
- Illinois
- lawmakers
- legislative session
- bills
- politics
- high-profile issues
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Illinois
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