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Case of Legionnaires’ disease confirmed at state-operated developmental center
The disease can be fatal to one-in-four residents living in health care facilities.
New Year Brings New State Laws
By Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1,…
Pesticide drift is catching schools off guard. Lawmakers want to require notice before spraying.
Natalie Brown, teacher at Bluestem Hall Nature School in Urbana, Illinois is pictured with children near prairie plantings during an…
ComEd launches new discount program for low-income customers
ComEd’s Chicago headquarters. (Capitol news Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams) ComEd’s Chicago headquarters. (Capitol news Illinois file photo by…
DOJ lawyer says it’s ‘wrong to allege’ Operation Midway Blitz is over
A Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)…
Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competence
Illinois is in the process of creating a “numeracy plan” aimed at boosting math scores. (Credit: Aaron Lefler, via Unsplash)…
Appeals court weighs release of immigration detainees to electronic monitoring
The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams) The Dirksen Federal Courthouse…
Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to issue state-specific vaccine guidelines
Gov. JB Pritzker signs House Bill 767 at a Dec. 2 news conference in Chicago. He said the bill will…
Trump cuts could shrink Illinois economy by $10B: report
Protesters hold up signs at a rally outside the Illinois Capitol in January 2025 protesting federal government cuts pushed by…
Budzinski intervenes in local housing dispute on behalf of low-income residents
Sangamon Towers, 424 N. Fourth St., is one of 17 residential properties in Illinois owned by Pacific Management. In a…
Ameren residential gas customers to see average $3.65 increase on bills in January
Ameren Illinois says that natural gas storage fields, like this one in Glasford, help insulate its consumers from high supply…
New federal rules could put formerly unhoused people back out on the streets across Illinois
New, stringent Trump administration rules on federal funding to help provide residences for people without homes could cast them back…