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Students, women in trades advocate for more career and technical education
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Argo Community High School sophomore Luciana Deir wants to go into construction after she graduates.…
Illinois governor moves to slash cover crop funds despite rising demand
Capitol News Illinois By JENNIFER BAMBERGInvestigate [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in…
Intellectual and developmental disability services brace for potential Medicaid cuts
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare…
Trump administration blocks more than $400M in funding for Illinois health programs
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — President Donald Trump’s administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be…
Despite Trump order, Illinois won’t require voter proof of citizenship
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois voters casting ballots in the April 1 consolidated elections will not be required to…
Bipartisan effort seeks stricter measures to protect sexual assault victims in schools
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Even after the family of a victim of sexual assault from Taylorville obtained an emergency…
A university, a rural town and their fight to survive Trump’s war on higher education
Capitol News Illinois Editor’s note: (This is a first-person column that includes commentary and analysis.) CARBONDALE, Ill. — I grew…
Democrats argue Republicans waited too long to file latest redistricting lawsuit
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Two elections have come and gone since the Illinois General Assembly passed new legislative maps,…
Raoul joins motion to block dismantling of U.S. Education Department
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 other state attorneys general are asking a federal…
After public pressure, Illinois commits $8M to repair deteriorating site where Lincoln launched political career
Capitol News Illinois PETERSBURG — Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem…
Potawatomi to reclaim tribal land in DeKalb County
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the…
Pritzker vetoes bill that would have required warehouse workers to know their quotas
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker issued a rare veto Friday of a bill that would require warehouse…