by JENNIFER BAMBERGInvestigate [email protected] In 2006, 19-year-old Jessica Whinston inherited 20 acres of land that her grandparents once farmed in Quincy, Illinois. The land had…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – State elections officials on Tuesday indicated they were unlikely to step in to clarify what constitutes…
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By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois law banning the sale and use of “bump stocks” and other devices that increase…
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By HANNAH MEISEL & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – For the last two decades, each time a governor has moved to close…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] LINCOLN – On the eve of a scheduled vote to advise Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on plans to…
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By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] In the final hours of their spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers approved a tax credit of up to…
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By DILPREET RAJUCapitol News [email protected] Jimmy Soto spent more than 42 years wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. In 2020, he was moved…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A hearing officer is recommending the Illinois State Board of Elections dismiss a complaint that alleged conservative radio…
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By LYLEE GIBBS JAMILAH LEWIS MOLLY PARKER & JULIA RENDLEMAN Capitol News Illinois & the Saluki Local Reporting Lab [email protected] This story, produced in partnership…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law…
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