Notes & Quotes: Illinois GOP needs ‘a little mothering’ as new chair walks familiar Trump tightrope

August 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Notes & Quotes: Illinois GOP needs ‘a little mothering’ as new chair walks familiar Trump tightrope

By JERRY NOWICKI  Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Despite a weather delay, Illinois Republicans gathered at the state fairgrounds Thursday to hear party leaders’ plans for…

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Capitol Briefs: Pritzker signs executive order for strategic plan on aging Illinoisans

August 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Pritzker signs executive order for strategic plan on aging Illinoisans

By HANNAH MEISEL & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday kicked off a decade-long process to address the needs of…

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Judge orders prison officials to relocate Stateville population by Sept. 30

August 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Judge orders prison officials to relocate Stateville population by Sept. 30

By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] A federal judge is ordering Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional…

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Pritzker signs law allowing digital driver’s licenses among hundreds of other bills

August 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker signs law allowing digital driver’s licenses among hundreds of other bills

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed a measure designating the “giant puffball” as the state’s mushroom after signing…

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Sangamon County sheriff says he’ll retire by end of month in wake of Massey shooting

August 9, 2024 / Comments Off on Sangamon County sheriff says he’ll retire by end of month in wake of Massey shooting

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A little over a month after the shooting death of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy, Sangamon County…

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State now has blueprint for K-12 schools to teach dangers of overdose

August 9, 2024 / Comments Off on State now has blueprint for K-12 schools to teach dangers of overdose

By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois public schools wishing to teach their students about the dangers of overdoses and substance use disorder now…

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The government spends millions to open grocery stores in food deserts. The real test is their survival.

August 9, 2024 / Comments Off on The government spends millions to open grocery stores in food deserts. The real test is their survival.

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as…

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Capitol Briefs: Pritzker calls on Sangamon County sheriff to resign; new law challenged

August 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Pritzker calls on Sangamon County sheriff to resign; new law challenged

By JENNIFER FULLER, HANNAH MEISEL & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has amplified calls this week for Sangamon County…

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With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services

August 8, 2024 / Comments Off on With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Many people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program will soon be eligible to receive a host…

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New Illinois law aims to give free ID cards to citizens leaving correctional facilities

August 8, 2024 / Comments Off on New Illinois law aims to give free ID cards to citizens leaving correctional facilities

By DILPREET RAJU   Capitol News Illinois   [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Tuesday that’s aimed at providing free identification cards to…

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