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Consumer advocates tell regulators to slash rate hike requests from Ameren, Nicor
Capitol News Illinois Natural gas customers in the Chicago suburbs and downstate Illinois are likely to see an increase in…
State on track to end health coverage program for immigrant adults
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — State officials are on track to shut down a program at the end of June…
Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement
Capitol News Illinois Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday…
Fallen Aurora firefighter honored at state’s annual memorial ceremony
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Fallen Aurora firefighter Cristian Medrano was honored at the state’s 32nd annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial…
‘Our identity has been frozen in time’: How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Amid the annual bustle at the Illinois Capitol during the legislative session’s midpoint, a sea…
Capitol News Illinois reporters win prestigious Peter Lisagor awards
Capitol News Illinois Capitol News Illinois (CNI), a nonprofit news service, is proud to announce three of its reporters were…
What Trump’s cuts to federal climate research could mean for Illinois
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO — The Trump administration took the unprecedented step of halting work on the next National Climate…
Illinois state parks draw highest number of visitors in more than a decade
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois state parks saw more visitors in 2024 than any point in the past 15…
Longtime Chicago friend describes first American pope as ‘very dedicated’
Capitol News Illinois As the red velvet curtains at the Vatican parted, a priest realized that his college pal from…
Immigrant health care programs boosted hospital bottom lines, study suggests
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant…
Pritzker signs order to protect personal autism data in response to federal action
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order Wednesday that bars state agencies from collecting and…
Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order
Capitol News Illinois A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting…