Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still ‘skeptical’ despite team’s $2B pledge

April 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still ‘skeptical’ despite team’s $2B pledge

By DILPREET RAJU & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on…

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Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online

April 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online

By ALEX ABBEDUTO   Capitol News Illinois  [email protected]  Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new “E-Notary” portal launched…

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Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in Illinois

April 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in Illinois

By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first…

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Bridge installed over I&M Canal for Forest Preserve’s trail connection project

April 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Bridge installed over I&M Canal for Forest Preserve’s trail connection project

This 90-foot bridge was installed over the I&M Canal in Channahon on April 19. The bridge will connect the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s…

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UPDATE: Overnight work to install steel support beams has been postponed until further notice. Overnight lane closures on I-80 at River Road

April 22, 2024 / Comments Off on UPDATE: Overnight work to install steel support beams has been postponed until further notice. Overnight lane closures on I-80 at River Road

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that as part of ongoing efforts to replace the bridge carrying River Road over Interstate 80, in…

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Remembering Lee Milner

April 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Remembering Lee Milner

NEWS TEAM Capitol News Illinois [email protected] On Wednesday, April 17, the Springfield, Illinois Capitol and journalism communities lost a devoted friend and advocate when Lee…

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Volunteers Help Keep Elwood Children’s Garden Growing

April 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Volunteers Help Keep Elwood Children’s Garden Growing

By Stephanie Irvine Though the weather was a little brisk, there was abundant sunshine on April 20 during the Village of Elwood’s special community planting…

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Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House

By ALEX ABBEDUTO & COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois kangaroo owners are one step closer to being forced to surrender their…

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Body of Missing Joliet Man Found in River

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Body of Missing Joliet Man Found in River

On April 13, 2024, at 2:11 p.m., the family of Robert Long (37, Joliet) reported him missing at the Joliet Police Department front desk. At…

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Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] With a month-and-a-half left in the General Assembly’s spring session, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is readying its proposal…

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