Proposal stalls to strengthen law mandating foster kids move placements with luggage, not trash bags
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Four years ago, the General Assembly unanimously approved a law aimed at ending a routine indignity faced by foster children…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Chicago police executed a search warrant at the wrong address more than six years ago that left social worker Anjanette…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Enrollment at Illinois community colleges grew to more than 285,000 in the spring semester this year, an 8.9% increase over…
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Capitol News Illinois The family of an 11-year-old Chicago boy murdered last year by his mother’s ex-boyfriend the day after he was released from prison…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down Illinois casinos, video gambling terminals, horse racing and professional sports…
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Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO — John Petruszak opened his email Feb. 27 to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing and…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation updated lawmakers Wednesday on its new online licensing system to streamline the…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday delivered more harsh criticism against President Donald Trump’s administration over attempts to drastically downsize, and…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are growing concerned with the use of artificial intelligence in health care. Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, is sponsoring…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — When Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Pearce saw a white pickup spotted outside a motorcycle shop that had been burglarized…
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