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Voting open: Here’s where to cast your ballot for a new state flag
Capitol News Illinois Illinoisans can now vote on whether they want a new state flag. The Illinois Secretary of State’s…
Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, prostitution pass in session’s final days
Capitol News Illinois Lawmakers in Springfield approved a measure that aims to protect warehouse workers whose workdays center on hitting…
“All our future money is gone”: The impossible task of providing child care in rural Illinois
Capitol News Illinois Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues…
Lawmakers give small boost to renewable developments, delay broader reform
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers this week passed a bill aimed at boosting the development of renewable energy generation,…
Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Nearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most…
Jurors to hear tape of Madigan saying ComEd contractors ‘made out like bandits’
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Throughout his five-decade career in politics, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received hundreds of…
New General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones
Capitol News Illinois A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the…
Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Over the last 2 ½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s…
Lawmakers advance ‘Karina’s bill’ to remove guns from domestic violence situations
Capitol News Illinois It’s been 18 months since Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on…
Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting
Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from…
Breaking: Madigan to take witness stand in his corruption trial
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial…
Former Madigan aide testifies speaker had conflict of interest protocols
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – After more than two weeks off from the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House…