Pritzker’s health insurance reforms targeting ‘utilization management’ clear House

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Pritzker’s health insurance reforms targeting ‘utilization management’ clear House

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative…

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Education leaders seek added state funding to help districts accommodate influx of migrants

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Education leaders seek added state funding to help districts accommodate influx of migrants

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The recent surge of international migrants arriving in Illinois has brought with it a host of…

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Advocates renew push to tighten firearm laws aimed at protecting domestic violence victims

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Advocates renew push to tighten firearm laws aimed at protecting domestic violence victims

By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Advocates for stricter gun laws rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday for a measure aimed at…

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Capitol Briefs: Pritzker appoints first-ever Prisoner Review Board director; Chicago advances migrant funding

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Pritzker appoints first-ever Prisoner Review Board director; Chicago advances migrant funding

By JERRY NOWICKI & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on…

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State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems

By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban four food additives that are found in common…

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Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers, advocates again call for affordable housing tax credit

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers, advocates again call for affordable housing tax credit

By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Housing advocates are renewing a push to fund a $20 million state affordable housing tax credit in the…

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Solar investments take center stage as questions loom on state’s renewable future

April 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Solar investments take center stage as questions loom on state’s renewable future

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] BOLINGBROOK – A manufacturer in the southwest suburbs of Chicago received $2.6 million from electric utility Commonwealth Edison…

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State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems

April 18, 2024 / Comments Off on State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems

By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban four food additives that are found in common…

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Will County Launches Child Care Provider Grant Opportunity

April 18, 2024 / Comments Off on Will County Launches Child Care Provider Grant Opportunity

WILL COUNTY – Will County has launched a grant opportunity for early child care providers to improve or expand services. $225,000 has been made available…

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Cicadas? Chirp the Shirts

April 17, 2024 / Comments Off on Cicadas? Chirp the Shirts

Commemorate summer of the cicada with a Forest Preserve T-shirt If you want to prepare for what is being billed as the summer of the…

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