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Thursday, April 17
Bowing to pressure and going against Senate President Emil "I need a raise" Jones, the Illinois Senate voted against a 12 percent pay raise that would have kicked in automatically this week; Jones voted present. They'll still get a 3.8 percent cost of living increase.