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New state transportation chief hopes for ‘a good kind of disruption’
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO — Gia Biagi made her name building parks. Now, she’s leading the department that oversees more…
Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax…
As Chicago strengthens immigrant protections, downstate officials split on sanctuary laws
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public…
Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan corruption verdict
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers voiced a wide range of reactions Wednesday following former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s…
Massey attorneys announce $10 million settlement in wrongful death case
Capitol News Illinois Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey’s 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family’s lawyers announced…
Madigan guilty of bribery conspiracy as jury returns partial verdict
Capitol News Illinois Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been found guilty on 10 of 23 public corruption counts,…
Pritzker emerging as one of Trump’s most vocal Democratic critics
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made a “special announcement” on Friday: Illinois is renaming Lake Michigan…
Champaign County Jail Begins Tracking and Reporting Use of Restraint Chairs to the State for the First Time
Capitol News Illinois by Grace Hauck, Illinois Answers Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – An Illinois Answers Project investigation into the…
Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general’s resources
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined yet another multistate lawsuit…
Trump pardons Blagojevich 5 years after commutation cut prison time short
Capitol News Illinois President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was…
Pritzker signs ‘Karina’s law’ to remove guns from domestic violence situations
Capitol News Illinois Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend in…
Pritzker takes aim at Trump tariffs with business tours, calls to foreign officials
Capitol News Illinois When President Donald Trump announced plans to issue tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China last week, the…