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Chicago utility pushes back against state oversight, asks for further rate increase
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Chicago utility Peoples Gas is requesting a multimillion-dollar bump to its…
Secretary of State helps launch first-of-its-kind state ID program for inmates exiting Cook County Jail
By HANNAH MEISEL & BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Certain detainees leaving Cook County jail will now…
Pritzker signs measure allowing new small-scale nuclear technology in Illinois
While large-scale nuclear facilities like the Byron Generating Station won’t be allowed under a new law signed by Gov. JB…
Capitol Cast: Halfway through FY ’24, CNI’s Jerry Nowicki breaks down estimates and predictions
With new estimates from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, as well as Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability,…
Chicago utility pushes back against state oversight, asks for further rate increase
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – Chicago utility Peoples Gas is requesting a multimillion-dollar bump to its…
State health plan declares racism a public health crisis
(Credit: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography, unsplash.com) By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A new state health report pinpoints racism…
State health plan declares racism a public health crisis
By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A new state health report pinpoints racism as a public health crisis while…
For at least 6 months, state failed to act on Carlinville funeral director that mishandled remains
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] State regulators allowed a Carlinville funeral director to operate for months despite a…
Dolly Parton Imagination Library officially launches statewide in Illinois
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois families with infants and toddlers now have access to free…
What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban Which guns are banned, how to file disclosures and what is next
Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gun owners face a Jan.…
Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people may obtain records…
What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with…