State’s largest privately owned water utilities seek rate increase amid lawmaker scrutiny

July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on State’s largest privately owned water utilities seek rate increase amid lawmaker scrutiny

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News [email protected] The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers…

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Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder

July 18, 2024 / Comments Off on Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder

BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Springfield woman’s call for help ended with her death and the indictment of a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy…

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The U.N. calls restraint chairs torture. Illinois jails use them every day.

July 11, 2024 / Comments Off on The U.N. calls restraint chairs torture. Illinois jails use them every day.

by GRACE HAUCKILLINOIS ANSWERS PROJECT Warning: The following article includes mentions of self-harm and profanity.This is the first in a series of stories. McHENRY, Ill.…

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Pritzker ‘all in’ for Biden following visit to White House last week

July 9, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker ‘all in’ for Biden following visit to White House last week

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he is “all in” for President Joe Biden after visiting the White House last week…

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As Illinois session ends, lawmakers’ attempt to reinstate wetland protections fails

June 19, 2024 / Comments Off on As Illinois session ends, lawmakers’ attempt to reinstate wetland protections fails

by JENNIFER BAMBERGInvestigate [email protected] In 2006, 19-year-old Jessica Whinston inherited 20 acres of land that her grandparents once farmed in Quincy, Illinois. The land had…

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Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details

June 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details

By DILPREET RAJUCapitol News [email protected] Jimmy Soto spent more than 42 years wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. In 2020, he was moved…

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Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall

June 7, 2024 / Comments Off on Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The leader of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation says he believes Illinois lawmakers will eventually pass a bill…

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Legislature OKs $53.1B State Budget

May 29, 2024 / Comments Off on Legislature OKs $53.1B State Budget

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News [email protected] After a near-derailment and an all-nighter to wrap up the General Assembly’s spring session, supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House…

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Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison plan

May 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison plan

By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s…

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Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated

April 29, 2024 / Comments Off on Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated

By ANDREW ADAMS& HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] CHICAGO – A year and a half after Republican Darren Bailey lost his campaign to challenge Gov. JB…

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