Published by admin on Sun, 11/10/2024 - 4:47pm
Back in 2018, about midway through President Donald Trump’s first term, the Illinois Senate passed a bill that was designed to prevent “the weakening of Illinois environmental and labor regulations in response to a weakening of federal regulations,” according to an Illinois Environmental Council press release.
Some state rules are tied directly to federal rules, so if the feds had slashed regulations, the idea was to prevent that from happening here.