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Another Choate Mental Health Center employee indicted for abuse of resident
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Another caregiver at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna is facing…
Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The leader of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation says he believes Illinois lawmakers…
Time running out to net and protect young plants from cicada-related damage
By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] While Illinois’ dual emergence of periodical cicada broods is harmless to people and…
Stalled bills: ‘Dignity in Pay Act,’ Prisoner Review Board changes fail to move
By ALEX ABBEDUTO, COLE LONGCOR & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A bill eliminating the subminimum wage for workers…
Brushing off concerns of overspending, Pritzker signs $53.1 billion state budget
By ANDREW ADAMS JERRY NOWICKI & HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed…
Judge blocks law that would have banned newly slated candidates from ballot
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections…
“No Schoolers”: How Illinois’ hands-off approach to homeschooling leaves children at risk
By BETH HUNDSDORFER & MOLLY PARKER CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS [email protected] This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in…
ANALYSIS: Democrats tap gaming cash cow to help fill state budget gap
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – In order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal…
Judge considering whether slated candidates can appear on November ballot
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge is weighing whether to block a new state law…
This Coastal State’s Approach to Flooding May Be a Model for Illinois Communities
by Laura Stewart, Illinois Answers Project This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. Editor’s note: This is…
Members of House speaker’s staff sue over ongoing unionization conflict
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel…
Regulators slash Chicago gas utility’s rate request, setting up likely legal battle
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday once again reduced a request…