Madigan kept pressure on ComEd for key board appointment
April 7, 2023CHICAGO – When Juan Ochoa was appointed to the board of Commonwealth Edison in April 2019, it was after a year and a half of delays and behind-the-scenes wrangling on his behalf…
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ANALYSIS: Report suggests state spending will soon outpace revenues once again
April 7, 2023SPRINGFIELD – While Illinois has recently experienced a prolonged stretch of good financial news, a new state fiscal forecast notes that if spending continues to grow at its recent…
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Public comment sought on Illinois mine reclamation projects
April 5, 2023The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting public comment through May 22 about the abandoned mine lands reclamation projects that have been selected for work through…
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Jurors see Madigan ally’s ‘magic list’ that FBI agents seized on day of 2019 raids
April 5, 2023CHICAGO – It was sunny and approaching 75 degrees when FBI agents arrived at the Quincy home of Mike McClain on a Tuesday in May 2019. McClain, a close friend of longtime Illinois…
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RFD: Milkweed seed available to farmers, gardeners
April 4, 2023This week in Illinois agriculture and rural life, we have more info on proposed CO2 pipelines in Illinois, along with farmers’ 2023 planting intentions and grain stocks report highlights….
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As Chicago State University faculty begins strike, other universities could follow
April 4, 2023CHICAGO – Faculty at Chicago State University, a small public university on Chicago’s South Side, went on strike Monday after months of stalled negotiations with university administrators….
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Defendant invoked ex-speaker Madigan in defense of lobbying contracts
April 4, 2023CHICAGO – Former Commonwealth Edison executive Fidel Marquez had been a government informant for less than a month when he had a meeting with longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael…
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Measure passes to crack down on ‘crisis pregnancy centers’
April 3, 2023A rush of legislation passed before a Friday, March 31 deadline in the Senate included proposals aimed at protecting those seeking reproductive health care in Illinois. The first…
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Defense paints cooperating witness in ComEd trial as opportunistic
March 31, 2023CHICAGO – About an hour before sunrise on a mid-January morning in 2019, two FBI agents arrived at the home of Fidel Marquez’s mother, where the longtime executive of Commonwealth…
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Legislation calls for lifting ban on nuclear construction
March 30, 2023SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate approved a measure on Thursday that would lift a 1980s-era moratorium on nuclear power plant construction. Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Sen. Sue…
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