Amid a long-simmering budget fight centering on workers' compensation and pension reform, Illinois House Democrats are pushing a bill to create a state fund.
House Bill 2622, by Rep. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, gained two Democratic co-sponsors on Thursday in Reps. Daniel V. Beiser, of Alton, and Silvana Tabares, of Chicago.
A hearing on the bill in the House's Labor and Commerce Committee is scheduled for Wednesday.
The bill calls for the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission to lend $10 million to the upstart state fund, which will operate as a mutual insurance compan...
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