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In month since SCOTUS bribery decision, Madigan-related corruption cases forge ahead
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Attorneys on both sides of the federal corruption case against former Illinois House…
CAPITOL BRIEFS: Grayson personnel file released, Stateville inmates ask to be moved
By CNI STAFF Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department late Wednesday released the personnel file of former…
Study: Illinois students still struggle with post-pandemic learning loss
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – As the flow of billions of dollars in federal pandemic-related aid…
Sonya Massey, mother called 911 multiple times in days before her death to report mental health crises
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The day before she was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy, Sonya…
Under new law, Illinois employers can’t force workers to sit through anti-union meetings
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] ROSEMONT – Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at curtailing the…
In the wake of Sonya Massey’s death, advocates want the state to act
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Calls of “Justice for Sonya” rang through the sanctuary of a…
Study: Illinois students still struggle with post-pandemic learning loss
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – As the flow of billions of dollars in federal pandemic-related aid…
Pritzker signs birth equity initiative into law, celebrates Medicaid expansion
By DILPREET RAJU & JENNIFER FULLER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Monday that expands insurance…
Grayson’s behavior in Logan County led superior to ask, ‘How are you still employed with us?’
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Before former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was accused of shooting Sonya…
Grayson’s behavior in Logan County led superior to ask, ‘How are you still employed with us?’
By BETH HUNDSDORFERCapitol News [email protected] Before former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was accused of shooting Sonya Massey after…
Most Illinois jails restrain people in chairs. This county ‘violently shocked’ them, too.
by GRACE HAUCK ILLINOIS ANSWERS PROJECT Warning: The following article includes mentions of self-harm. This is the second in a…
Quantum business park coming to Chicago, backed by $700M from state of Illinois
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – A California-based quantum computing company wants to build one of the…