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A controversial private school tax credit that’s set to expire at the end of the year is one of the biggest unresolved issues Illinois lawmakers figure to take up when they return to Springfield on Tuesday to begin their final session of 2023.

The debate over whether state income-tax incentives should continue to be used to fund the “Invest In Kids” voucher program has divided Democrats who control the General Assembly, while firing up Republican lawmakers who see the program as a promotion of their school choice platforms in their proxy war against teachers unions.

Other matters legislators could address before they’re scheduled to adjourn for the year on Nov. 9 include a measure to lift a nearly 40-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power plants, which was passed in the spring but then vetoed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Two high-profile items that have been scratched from the fall agenda are legislation to help the Chicago Bears build a stadium in…