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Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still ‘skeptical’ despite team’s $2B pledge
By DILPREET RAJU & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for…
Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online
By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through…
Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in Illinois
By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi…
Remembering Lee Milner
NEWS TEAM Capitol News Illinois [email protected] On Wednesday, April 17, the Springfield, Illinois Capitol and journalism communities lost a devoted…
Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House
By ALEX ABBEDUTO & COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois kangaroo owners are one step closer to…
Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] With a month-and-a-half left in the General Assembly’s spring session, Gov. JB Pritzker’s…
Pritzker’s health insurance reforms targeting ‘utilization management’ clear House
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when…
Education leaders seek added state funding to help districts accommodate influx of migrants
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The recent surge of international migrants arriving in Illinois has brought…
Advocates renew push to tighten firearm laws aimed at protecting domestic violence victims
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Advocates for stricter gun laws rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday…
Capitol Briefs: Pritzker appoints first-ever Prisoner Review Board director; Chicago advances migrant funding
By JERRY NOWICKI & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review…
State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban four food additives…
Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers, advocates again call for affordable housing tax credit
By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Housing advocates are renewing a push to fund a $20 million state affordable…