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U.S. Supreme Court rules states can’t bar Trump from ballot based on insurrection clause
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual states do not…
Nearly 9 in 10 state-level primaries give voters no choice in candidates
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats…
Native tribe seeks return of ancestral land in Dekalb County
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois currently has no federally recognized tribal land within its borders,…
His conviction was overturned after 35 years wrongfully served. State law caps his compensation at 14 years.
By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] In December, 57-year-old Brian Beals spent Christmas with his sister Pattilyn for the…
Cook County judge orders Trump removed from GOP ballot but holds decision pending appeal
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered former President Donald Trump’s…
‘This place is horrific’: 10-week-old complaint details ‘filthy’ conditions at Centralia funeral home
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The pictures that are said to depict the condition of the embalming room…
Capitol Briefs: Pritzker touts manufacturing training funding, announces cultural districts
By CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS [email protected] Gov. JB Pritzker was in Normal Tuesday to call attention to recent state funding for…
New birth center to open on Chicago’s South Side as Pritzker touts proposed maternal health spending
By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] State and community leaders on Monday celebrated the planned opening of a new…
Ahead of Pritzker’s budget address, pressures that mounted last year intensify
BY JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget…
With budget proposal and fiery address, Pritzker paints himself as progressive pragmatist
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – In delivering his annual State of the State and budget address…
Budget reaction: Retailers, municipalities critical of Pritzker’s proposed tax changes
By ALEX ABBEDUTO, COLE LONGCOR & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The annual process of negotiating the…
Pritzker to call for health insurance reforms in State of the State address
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker plans to take on the state’s health insurance…