SPRINGFIELD — A $330 million tax relief package cleared its final legislative hurdle Tuesday with Illinois Senate approval of plans to keep Chicago's futures exchanges and Sears from moving out of state and let low- and middle-class workers keep a bit more of their paychecks.
The bill helping CME Group Inc., Chicago Board Options Exchange and Sears Holding Corp. passed 44-9 while companion legislation doubling Illinois' earned income tax credit and increasing the standard exemption passed by a more lopsided 48-4 roll call.
The result of a two-day legislative whirlwind, both measures now move to Gov. Pat Quinn, who described the package as a "win for workers and a win for …
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