State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects…

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Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday creating a new cabinet-level state agency dedicated to early childhood…

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Speaker Welch rebuffs lawsuit from would-be staff union as ‘forum shopping’

June 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Speaker Welch rebuffs lawsuit from would-be staff union as ‘forum shopping’

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is urging a Cook County judge to dismiss a lawsuit members of…

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Advocates say SCOTUS ruling paves way for law ensuring abusers have guns confiscated

June 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Advocates say SCOTUS ruling paves way for law ensuring abusers have guns confiscated

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] After the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld a federal law that bars those under domestic violence-related restraining…

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First Mosquitos with West Nile Virus Found in Will County

June 24, 2024 / Comments Off on First Mosquitos with West Nile Virus Found in Will County

The Will County Health Department’s Environmental Health division announced that mosquitoes collected in Joliet have tested positive for West Nile virus [WNV] on June 21.…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured in Early Morning Accident

June 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Cyclist Seriously Injured in Early Morning Accident

On June 24, 2024, at 3:44 a.m., Officers responded to West Jefferson Street west of Houbolt Road for a report of a traffic crash involving…

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Ruby Street Bridge Down to One Lane June 24

June 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Ruby Street Bridge Down to One Lane June 24

As part of the City’s Bluff Street Sanitary Interceptor Rehabilitation Project, the Ruby Street Bridge (IL Route 53) will be reduced to one lane with…

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State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

June 21, 2024 / Comments Off on State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects…

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Let Freedom Rock in Wilmington!

June 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Let Freedom Rock in Wilmington!

Kick off Independence Day weekend on Friday, June 28, at the “Let Freedom Rock” Celebration in Wilmington, (weather permitting). Check out the Rotary Club Car…

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Just weeks before Republican National Convention, Illinois GOP chair announces resignation

June 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Just weeks before Republican National Convention, Illinois GOP chair announces resignation

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Halfway through the 2024 election cycle and just a few weeks away from the Republican National Convention in…

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