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Capitol Cast: Filing Day for 2024 primary brings frigid temps and election themes to Springfield
Capitol News Illinois Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki about the 2023 petition filing deadline for Illinois’…
Supreme Court rules teen bicyclist is covered by father’s auto insurance policy
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that automobile insurance policies must…
State Supreme Court rules teen bicyclist is covered by father’s auto insurance policy
Law requires hit-and-run coverage, even when victim is not in a car By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD…
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…
State high court finds medical personnel exemption to biometric information privacy law
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the state’s strongest-in-the-nation biometric information privacy…
Iowa-Illinois carbon dioxide pipeline application withdrawn
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Plans for a pipeline that would have transported carbon dioxide from Iowa for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…