Capitol News Illinois | Pritzker order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction markets

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.The apps, which allow…

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Capitol News Illinois | ‘A hardship’: Peoples Gas customers rally against requested rate hike

CHICAGO — Frustrated Peoples Gas customers and utility watchdog advocates gathered in Daley Plaza on Wednesday to protest rising heat bills, chanting “Rate hike? No! Record profits? No!”Over 100 demonstrators…

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Capitol News Illinois | Raw milk proponents push for fewer restrictions on Illinois sales despite state health warnings

SPRINGFIELD — With the ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and allies in the Make America Healthy Again movement, raw milk advocates have…

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