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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 5093 on June 26, expanding eligibility for in-state tuition by allowing certain students who attended an Illinois high school for at least three years to qualify for resident tuition rates even if they later established residency outside Illinois before enrolling in college. The legislation changes Illinois’ in-state tuition requirements by extending eligibility to students who meet the high school attendance requirement regardless of whether they established residency outside Illinois before enrollment. One of the bill’s sponsors, Democrat State Sen. Celina Villanueva, said the legislation is intended to benefit illegal aliens and transgender-identifying students....

Some Illinois lawmakers want to rebrand fentanyl deaths as “poisoning” instead of “overdose,” but coroners say the change would force them to lie on death certificates. Senate Bill 3014 would direct coroners and medical examiners to classify deaths involving fentanyl as “poisoning” instead of “overdose.” Under the bill, each fentanyl-related death would have to be reported separately to the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the department would be required to publish these fatalities distinctly in its monthly overdose reports, rather than grouping them with other drug overdoses. The bill’s sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris), says the change is intended...

In a stunning display of ignorance, the Illinois State Senate just voted 43-12 in favor of the resolution to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment. What makes this vote even more enraging is that Republicans Pam Althoff (R-Crystal Lake), Jason Barickman (R-Pontiac), Mike Connelly (R-Wheaton), Karen McConnaughay (R-West Dundee), Chris Nybo (R-Hinsdale), Sue Rezin (R-Morris), and Tom Rooney (R-Palatine) voted with Democrats on this partisan resolution.