Foreclosures on the rise across state
June 27, 2023Illinois has the nation’s highest percentage of housing units in foreclosure. One in every 2,144 Illinois residences was in foreclosure proceedings for May, according to the most…
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State gets more than $1 billion in funds for high-speed internet
June 27, 2023The governor’s office, along with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), said Illinois will be receiving over $1 billion in funding to support high-speed…
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St. Louis-to-Chicago Amtrak route begins faster service
June 26, 2023CHICAGO — A trip from St. Louis to Chicago via Amtrak’s Lincoln Service will be about 15 minutes quicker starting this week due to track upgrades that allow for increased speeds….
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Consumer advocates, utilities spar over potential energy price hikes
June 23, 2023CHICAGO — Millions of Illinoisans could see higher energy bills next year, but the size of those increases will be determined by a state agency that has recently had its oversight…
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Pritzker acts to freeze noncitizen health care enrollment
June 22, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration wasted no time last week in exercising new authority granted by lawmakers to limit the number of enrollees in a pair of state-funded…
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Illinois expands use of police surveillance drones
June 20, 2023CHICAGO – Next time you attend a parade, there might be an eye in the sky. A new law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday expands local police departments’ authority to use drones…
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No relief in sight as drought conditions worsen
June 20, 2023The National Weather Service has officially designated many areas of northern Illinois and northwest and Indiana as being in a severe drought status. The region has received “significantly”…
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A behind-the-scenes tour of the $300 million state Capitol renovations
June 18, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Over the past year, construction workers inside the Illinois Statehouse have stripped most of the building’s north wing down to its bare bones and are now in the process…
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Health care workers who cover up patient abuse face stiffer penalties under new law
June 16, 2023This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill into…
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Jury convicts politically connected Chicago businessman of bribing lawmakers
June 15, 2023CHICAGO – It wasn’t quite “where’s the beef?” but when he stepped outside a suburban Wendy’s with a fellow lawmaker on a hot August morning in 2019, then-state Sen. Terry…
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