Construction begins at historic halls on UIUC campus
January 31, 2023Construction is beginning on the $100 million investment for the Illini Hall Replacement and Altgeld Hall Renovation Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)…
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State finds breathing room amid ‘unprecedented’ prolonged revenue boom
January 31, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times, without…
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State commits $13 million for pre-apprenticeship program expansion
January 27, 2023Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded $13 million to 30 recipients to expand the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship…
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Wide-ranging health care law includes popular, but controversial measures
January 26, 2023SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…
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U.S. ag trade officials reject latest Mexico proposal on GMO corn ban
January 26, 2023Warning that billions of dollars in bilateral trade are at risk, the top two U.S. ag trade officials formally rejected a revised proposal from the Mexican government to ban U.S. imports…
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Pritzker names new director of Department of Natural Resources
January 26, 2023Natalie Phelps Finnie has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced. Phelps Finnie, a lifelong southern Illinoisan, has served…
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Giannoulias makes modernization push as secretary of state
January 24, 2023SPRINGFIELD – For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing…
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State preparing defense of assault weapons ban after judge’s ruling
January 23, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday filed a petition asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order that was issued late Friday afternoon blocking…
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Watchdog seeks harsher penalties in wake of abuse at Illinois mental health center
January 22, 2023This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like…
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DCFS, director face lawsuit filed on behalf of jailed wards
January 20, 2023SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday was named in a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of children in state care who have been held…
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