Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle

By DILPREET RAJUCapitol News [email protected] Monday morning marks the official beginning of the 2024 election cycle in Illinois, opening up the week-long period when candidates…

Read More

State high court skeptical municipal police and fire pension consolidation hurt retirees’ voting rights

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on State high court skeptical municipal police and fire pension consolidation hurt retirees’ voting rights

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case alleging the state’s 2019 law that consolidated…

Read More

Former GOP senator, third-party governor candidate to represent himself in corruption trial

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Former GOP senator, third-party governor candidate to represent himself in corruption trial

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Monday was supposed to have been the first day in the weeklong federal corruption trial of…

Read More

Candidates for 2024 primary brave cold for potential ballot advantage

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Candidates for 2024 primary brave cold for potential ballot advantage

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Monday marked the kickoff for the 2024 election cycle, with hundreds of candidates filing their petitions…

Read More

Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A group of temporary staffing agencies and their trade associations are asking a federal court to block enforcement…

Read More

Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law

November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] – A group of temporary staffing agencies and their trade associations are asking a federal court to block…

Read More

Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle

November 22, 2023 / Comments Off on Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle

  The Illinois State Board of Elections office is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 By DILPREET…

Read More

Advocates hail regulatory ‘earthquake’ as state slashes requested gas rate increases

November 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Advocates hail regulatory ‘earthquake’ as state slashes requested gas rate increases

Illinois Commerce Commission member Michael Carrigan (left), Chair Doug Scott, and member Ann McCabe are pictured at a commission meeting in Springfield earlier this month.…

Read More

Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches New spending focused on building Chicago’s shelter capacity, getting migrants to permanent housing

November 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches New spending focused on building Chicago’s shelter capacity, getting migrants to permanent housing

By HANNAH MEISEL& JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – As winter quickly approaches, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced plans for the state…

Read More

State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders

November 15, 2023 / Comments Off on State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders

The Illinois Supreme Court building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Decades after conviction, man says…

Read More

Events

May 2025
June 2025
July 2025
August 2025
September 2025
October 2025
No event found!
Prev Next
Total Events: 177