Two of the final few hurdles — calculating and mailing tax bills and distributing that revenue back to government agencies — have been politically thorny.
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A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
So mailing your ballot may work out fine, or may not.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
All tax ideas are subject to public hearings and a vote by the tax-writing finance committee, along with approval by the full House and Senate.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
From learning to drive stick shift and collecting vinyl records to playing board games and writing handwritten notes, the shift suggests that even in a digital-first generation, there’s a growing appetite for slowing down—and staying human.
If a state legislator is the subject of doxing, the amendment states that the person posting the information would face a Level 5 felony.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
One of those predictions went viral this week, with HyperWrite CEO Matt Shumer posting a nearly 5,000-word screed about how the latest AI models have already made some tech jobs obsolete.
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