By PETER HANCOCK & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Union workers planned to picket outside Stateville Correctional Center Thursday to amplify their concerns about…
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By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] An Illinois law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the…
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By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Medical marijuana patients can now purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois’ top…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – On a cold morning in late 2019, Illinois state Sen. Mattie Hunter, D-Chicago, boarded a bus…
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PHOTOS BY DOMINIQUE MARTINEZ-POWELL & LYLEE GIBBS For Capitol News Illinois The Du Quoin State Fair kicked off with a twilight parade on Friday, Aug.…
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By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – The Democratic National Convention wrapped up Thursday night, launching the country into the final weeks of…
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No ‘slated’ GOP candidates will be kept off ballot after rulings from Supreme Court, elections board
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A law banning political parties from waiting until after the primary election to place a state…
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By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger did something Thursday night that might have seemed unimaginable just a…
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By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – On the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Illinois party leaders were preparing Thursday to…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker used part of his eight-minute primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention this…
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