Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform

April 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform

By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] After two members of the state’s Prisoner Review Board resigned last week following the release of a prisoner…

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Photographing History

April 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Photographing History

BY Dean Olsen Courtesy of the Illinois Times The date was Jan. 29, 2009, and Pat Quinn was sitting at his desk in the lieutenant…

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Defamation case linked to former Madigan aide sent back to Illinois

April 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Defamation case linked to former Madigan aide sent back to Illinois

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in Puerto Rico last week told a politically connected former state contractor that…

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State spends $73 million to protect Illinois’ only undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline

March 29, 2024 / Comments Off on State spends $73 million to protect Illinois’ only undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline

By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A $73 million state-funded project in Lake County aims to stabilize the last undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline in…

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Appeals court skeptical of Mike Bost’s case to stop ballot counts after Election Day

March 28, 2024 / Comments Off on Appeals court skeptical of Mike Bost’s case to stop ballot counts after Election Day

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – A panel of federal appellate judges on Thursday seemed skeptical of legal arguments made on behalf…

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DCFS hires on-the-spot at hiring events

March 28, 2024 / Comments Off on DCFS hires on-the-spot at hiring events

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Cyrenthia Threat spent Wednesday morning at a hiring event in Fairview Heights waiting for word on whether she…

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Capitol Briefs: Advocates push for guaranteed income, child care assistance

March 27, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Advocates push for guaranteed income, child care assistance

By HANNAH MEISEL & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the case of actor Jussie Smollett,…

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Illinois teacher shortage persists, survey finds

March 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Illinois teacher shortage persists, survey finds

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts…

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Bills in state Senate would further regulate battery storage and disposal

March 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Bills in state Senate would further regulate battery storage and disposal

COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate…

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Prisoner Review Board chair, member resign in wake of boy’s fatal stabbing by released inmate

March 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Prisoner Review Board chair, member resign in wake of boy’s fatal stabbing by released inmate

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The longtime chair and a relatively new member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board have resigned, Gov. JB…

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