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Illinois expands use of police surveillance drones
June 20, 2023

CHICAGO – 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…
No relief in sight as drought conditions worsen
June 20, 2023

The 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”…
A behind-the-scenes tour of the $300 million state Capitol renovations
June 18, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – 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…
Health care workers who cover up patient abuse face stiffer penalties under new law
June 16, 2023

This 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…
Jury convicts politically connected Chicago businessman of bribing lawmakers
June 15, 2023

CHICAGO – 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…
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Illinois Beef elects new leader
June 13, 2023

An FDA ruling that went into effect this week means livestock producers will face enhanced scrutiny when looking to purchase certain medicines for their herds; we’ll look at just…
Rauner’s portrait added to state Capitol’s ‘Hall of Governors’
June 12, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s portrait has joined the “Hall of Governors” in the Illinois Capitol. The Winnetka Republican-turned-Florida resident on Monday, June…
Pritzker signs into law first-in-the-nation block on book banning
June 12, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan…