ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS: Pritzker keeps economic development at forefront in exclusive interview

June 28, 2024 / Comments Off on ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS: Pritzker keeps economic development at forefront in exclusive interview

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] With fiscal year 2025 slated to begin Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker continues to tout available state tax incentives…

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Pritzker calls SCOTUS emergency abortion ruling ‘small respite’ as state protections await his signature

June 27, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker calls SCOTUS emergency abortion ruling ‘small respite’ as state protections await his signature

By ANDREW ADAMS  Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Abortion remains legal as an emergency medical procedure in Idaho, for now, after a Thursday U.S. Supreme Court…

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SCOTUS ruling could upend federal corruption cases for Madigan, allies

June 26, 2024 / Comments Off on SCOTUS ruling could upend federal corruption cases for Madigan, allies

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the scope of a federal bribery law prosecutors have relied on…

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Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law

June 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law

By ANDREW ADAMS  Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state’s tech…

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State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects…

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Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday creating a new cabinet-level state agency dedicated to early childhood…

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Speaker Welch rebuffs lawsuit from would-be staff union as ‘forum shopping’

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Speaker Welch rebuffs lawsuit from would-be staff union as ‘forum shopping’

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is urging a Cook County judge to dismiss a lawsuit members of…

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Advocates say SCOTUS ruling paves way for law ensuring abusers have guns confiscated

June 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Advocates say SCOTUS ruling paves way for law ensuring abusers have guns confiscated

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] After the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld a federal law that bars those under domestic violence-related restraining…

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State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

June 21, 2024 / Comments Off on State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects…

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Just weeks before Republican National Convention, Illinois GOP chair announces resignation

June 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Just weeks before Republican National Convention, Illinois GOP chair announces resignation

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Halfway through the 2024 election cycle and just a few weeks away from the Republican National Convention in…

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