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April 25, 2023

Good morning, Illinois.

There are 24 days to the scheduled adjournment of the spring legislative session, 329 days to the March 19 primary, and 560 days to the November 5, 2024 general election.

Welcome back. The General Assembly returns today at noon. Governor Pritzker is in D.C. to speak to the North American’s Building Trade Unions Conference.

We’re headed down the road this morning, so say hello in Springfield. It’s going to be a fun four weeks.

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Let’s get to it.

MOYLAN: ARLINGTON BILL ONLY BILL WITH “CHANCE TO PASS”

After dropping new legislation to restart negotiations on a new stadium for the Chicago Bears in suburban Arlington heights, Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) says he plans to get the bill done in the final weeks of the spring legislative session.

“I wanted to get a bill that could actually pass,” Moylan said.

The legislation would freeze property taxes on the site of the former Arlington International race course, which the Bears have purchased as a site for a new stadium and entertainment district.