Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in Illinois

May 19, 2025 / Comments Off on Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in Illinois

Capitol News Illinois Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one…

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After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche

May 16, 2025 / Comments Off on After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare…

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Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel

May 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — A growing number of state lawmakers are moving to repeal a 2015 Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel to…

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Capitol News Illinois reporter wins Driehaus Award for investigative reporting

May 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Capitol News Illinois reporter wins Driehaus Award for investigative reporting

Capitol News Illinois Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit news service, announced today that Beth Hundsdorfer has won a Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting for…

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Plan to limit scope of ‘crime-free housing’ ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee

May 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Plan to limit scope of ‘crime-free housing’ ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a measure aiming to limit the circumstances under which tenants can be evicted due…

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Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air

May 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air

Capitol News Illinois With just over two weeks to go before their spring adjournment, lawmakers in Springfield are facing a tight deadline to pass major…

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Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for ‘not communicating’

May 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for ‘not communicating’

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks…

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Governor’s office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate

May 14, 2025 / Comments Off on Governor’s office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker’s office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections…

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Under ‘crime-free housing’ laws, families may be evicted for minor offenses

May 14, 2025 / Comments Off on Under ‘crime-free housing’ laws, families may be evicted for minor offenses

Capitol News Illinois By Sidnee King Pineda, Illinois Answers Project Sidnee King Pineda reported on eviction policies in Illinois as part of The Times’s Local…

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Consumer advocates tell regulators to slash rate hike requests from Ameren, Nicor

May 14, 2025 / Comments Off on 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 their monthly bills next year,…

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