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In this Monday, June 10, 2019, photo, a man smokes marijuana from a bowl at his home in DeKalb, Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to make Illinois the nation's 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana use. The Democrat has scheduled a bill-signing ceremony Tuesday, June 25 in Chicago. (Mark Busch/Daily Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

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The Latest: Illinois House adopts abortion protections

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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois

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Chicago Democratic state Rep. Kelly Cassidy speaks to a reporter about her legislation to legalize the use of marijuana for pain to replace opioids at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, May 24, 2018. Cassidy has said the process for investigating ethics complaints in the Legislature should be overhauled. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

The Latest: Lawmakers’ plan addresses investigative process

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The Latest: Illinois lawmaker mistrusts investigative system

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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2017 file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, appears at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Madigan has asked for an outside review of whether he or his staff retaliated against a lawmaker for speaking out on sexual harassment. Madigan released a letter Tuesday May 22, 2018 to Legislative Inspector General Julie Porter. It seeks a probe into claims by Chicago Democratic Rep. Kelly Cassidy that the interference of Madigan allies forced her resignation from a part-time job with the Cook County Sheriff's Department. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Madigan seeks probe of sexual-harassment retaliation claim

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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, Todd Vandermyde, the powerful Illinois lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, speaks at a House committee meeting on assault weapons in Springfield, Ill. Vandermyde is helping to rewrite a state law that he broke. In an article published Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Vandermyde said he was only exercising his rights as a citizen when he intervened to push legislation to loosen restrictions on transporting crossbows and enlisted the House Republican leader to tighten authority for police to enter private land. Vandermyde was ticketed by state conservation police officers and fined $120 for carrying an uncased, loaded crossbow on an ATV in December during a hunting trip. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

NRA lobbyist breaks Illinois law, helps change it

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