Capitol News Illinois Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates…
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Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Before jurors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial departed the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a two-week break on…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011…
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Capitol News Illinois When you flip the switch, the lights come on. But in Illinois, after years of sweeping reforms to the energy industry and…
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Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Public schools in Illinois have enjoyed several consecutive years of substantial increases in state funding, thanks largely to steady growth…
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Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Though he wouldn’t get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years – and one felony plea – later,…
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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that there are rolling lane closures this morning on westbound and eastbound Interstate 80, between Ridge Road and…
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Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois officially awarded its 19 electoral votes Tuesday to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the unsuccessful…
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Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – A top federal prosecutor wasted no time Monday revealing to the jury in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial that…
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